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Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference Boston 2007

Denotes programs in Contractor Series. The Contractor Series consists of workshops and seminars that are of interest to all building and design professionals but may be important to the practice and education of contractors, builders and tradespeople

Thursday, March 8

8:00am-11:15am Workshops (pre selection required)

W04 Finishing Ornamental Metals (2 Hrs.)

Introductory to Intermediate 2 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

SPEAKER:DOUGLAS BRACKEN, President, Wiemann Ironworks,Tulsa

Understand how proper prep work is done.
Learn the fundamental paint/coating systems and processes.
Develop an understanding of the primary causes for coating failure

From paints and lacquers to powder coatings and waxes, from mechanical finishes to chemical (patina) finishes; finishing ornamental metalwork can be one of your most challenging projects to manage or specify. Come and learn the keys for a wide range of successful finishes and the most common reasons for finish failure.

W05 The Language of Classical Architecture

Introductory to Advanced 3 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

SPEAKER: VICTOR DEUPI, PH.D., Arthur Ross Director of Education, Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, New York, NY

Learn the five kinds of columns or orders in classical architecture.
Understand the language of classical architecture.
Become familiar with elements of classical architecture in contemporary practice.

This workshop will focus on the five kinds of columns or orders used in classical architecture. The theory and language of classical architecture will supplement basic exercises in drawing the orders.

W06 What is Wrong with My Stained Glass Windows?

Introductory to Advanced 3 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

SPEAKER: ARTHUR FEMENELLA, President, Femenella & Associates, Annadale, NJ

Understand the different types of stained glass.
Identify problems that can develop with stained glass windows and their installations.
Learn appropriate conservation and restoration techniques.

This workshop will address the major issues involved in the conservation of stained glass windows. The history of stained glass in North America will be reviewed. Problems that can be rectified in-situ and those that cannot, will be discussed. The material presented will address issues ranging from panel deflection, broken glass, accretion of dirt and fading paint.

W07 Snug And Sound: The Performance of Windows and Paint in Historic Buildings

Introductory to Advanced 3 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

SPEAKER: DUFFY HOFFMAN, Owner, Hoffman Painting and Refinishing, Inc. Pipersville, PA

Learn about the restoration of wooden window frames, including paint removal and epoxy repair.
Follow sash restoration project from start to finish, including removal, repair, reinstallation, paint removal and reapplication, glass removal, glazing, and reinstallation.
Discuss paint preparation and application and lead safe craft practices.

This comprehensive session will take you from the restoration of wood windows through re-installation and weatherization to give you a comprehensive look at paint preparation and performance.

8:30am–9:30am

L08 Maintenance Planning for Historic Buildings

Introductory to Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEU

Sponsored by:

SPEAKER: MICHAEL J. LENGYEL, Architectural Conservator/Preservation Technologist, and ALFONSO NARVAEZ, Preservation Technology Group, John Milner Associates

Review the goals and objectives of relational databases and web-enabled software to manage historic sites.
Identify historic survey techniques.

Our experiences at Ohio State University and Kenmore Mansion have afforded a unique perspective on the practical application of the Preservation Management Program developed by John Milner Associates. Data collection techniques and analysis are performed differently depending on the setting and client needs. This discussion will include a review of site needs, the significance of using a variety of survey techniques, data input and analysis using the Preservation Management Program.

P11 Historic Tax Credits: The Nuts and Bolts of Syndication

Introductory to Advanced

Sponsored by:

SPEAKERS: ANDREW S. POTTS, Partner, Nixon Peabody, LLP, and DAVID F. SCHON, Partner, Nixon Peabody, LLP

Learn to syndicate historic tax credits.
Identify the keys to successfully negotiating and closing a tax credit investment deal.
Discuss how to find investors solicit investment proposals and select offers.

Rehabbing older and historic buildings can entitle the owner to valuable federal and state historic tax credits. Complying with the rules necessary to earn these credits is one things; turning the credits into a cash financing source is yet another. This session covers the nuts and bolts of “syndication” – bringing in another Party to take the credits in exchange for cash investment. We will explore when it makes sense for an owner to syndicate (and when it doesn’t), how to find and choose tax credit investors, and what you can expect from the syndication process.

S03 Making Legacy Structures Green

Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKER: SUZANNE KLEIN, Architect, Gensler, Washington, D.C.

Identify the concerns of architects, planners, and administrators when sustainability enters the picture.
Understand green options for legacy buildings.
Make educated decisions regarding various green strategies.

Sustainable strategies are not only for new buildings. Legacy buildings can be viewed as both assets and liabilities when green design is considered. The challenge is to make the best choices when older structures are restored, renovated, or expanded using sustainable principles. Decisions are often complicated by current building codes, maintenance concerns, and budget limitations. Using examples from older structures, this session will discuss how to navigate many sustainable options and will outline green solutions for today’s legacy buildings.

10:00am–11:00am

L10 Documentation, Damage, and Diagnostics:

Lessons from a Landmark

Advanced 1 AIA HSW CEU

Sponsored by:

SPEAKERS: HYMAN MYERS, FAIA, Chief Restoration Architect, VITETTA, Philadelphia, PA, and RUTHANN HUBBERT KEMPER, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, Philadelphia, PA

Understand the importance of documenting a building from its history to its problems.
Appreciate the relationship between the architect and client.
Learn to leave a record of work to aid future teams who work on landmark structures.

This presentation will cover the development of a long-term plan to restore and modernize the Pennsylvania State Capitol, a National Historic Landmark. The speakers will address the importance of the documentary history and master plans, the first report of water infiltration damaging murals by Edwin Austen Abbey, the diagnosis of the exterior envelope’s problems, and repairs to its sculpture work. Studying a 25-year long project gives a unique view to professionals, of not only how we restore, but of what a restoration today should mean to future preservationists.

T09 Understanding Architectural Copper

Introductory 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKER: PETER McNICHOL, Promotion & Business Development Manager, Fabled, Inc./CopperCraft, Inc., Quakertown, PA

Historic uses and basic properties of copper.
Understand patina formation and other reactions caused by copper.
Learn about contemporary uses of copper sheet in architecture.

This presentation will provide an overview of the historic uses of copper, as well as its properties and characteristics, specifications, and its contemporary uses in architecture. The topics of patina formation, galvanic corrosion, and thermal movement will be discussed.

P06 Energy Conservation Mandates for Lighting Historic Buildings (90 mins.)

Intermediate 1.5 AIA HSW CEUs

SPEAKER: GERSIL N. KAY, Chairman, Building Conservation International, Philadelphia, PA

How to design energy efficient lighting in historic buildings
Learn about the available lighting systems appropriate for period architecture.

The new national EP Act 2005 (Energy Conservation) which mandates for illumination has added one more restriction – energy conservation – to the management of historic properties. Excluding low-rise residences, the law applies to everyone who owns/occupies both new and existing buildings, plus their additions and alterations. Regulated are: The Building Envelope; Heating/Ventilating/Air Conditioning (HVAC); Power, and Lighting. Elegant energy-efficient lighting can be created with a little imagination and awareness of all available methods.

R09 The Palladio Awards: Residential Building Design Winners (90 mins.)

Introductory 1.5 AIA CEUs

The Palladio Awards celebrate individual designers and/or design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment. There are six award categories, including restoration/renovation, adaptive reuse/sympathetic additions and new design and construction (less tan 5,000 sq. ft.), new design and construction (more than 5,000 sq. ft.), multi-unit, and exterior spaces. Each award-winning project will be presented and explained by the design team.

11:00am–5:00pm Exhibit Hall Open

12:00noon–1:30pm

Lunch & Learn (Pre selection required)

T16 Specifying Wood Windows for Historical

Renovation & Design

Sponsored by:

PRESERVATION EDUCATION INSTITUTE

SPEAKERS: ROBERT ADAM, Preservation Carpentry Program, North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA, Moderator. Panelists: H. THOMAS MCGRATH, Superintendent, U.S. National Park Service Training Center, Frederick, MD, JUDY L. HAYWARD, Executive Director, Preservation Education Institute and Conference Director, Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Windsor, VT; LISA SASSER, President, Preservation Trades Network, Amherst, NH; and DAVID MERTZ, Professor, Belmont Technical College, Belmont OH

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Boston’s own North Bennet Street School Preservation Carpentry Program, join a panel of preservation trades educators in a discussion about the future of preservation skills education. Methods of instruction for various types of training will be discussed. Comments from the audience on what skills are needed will be sought.

1:00pm-3:00pm Tour (Pre Selection Required)

W10 New Urbanists & Preservationists:

Walking & Working Together

Introductory to Intermediate 1.5 AIA HSW CEU

SOLD OUT

SPEAKERS: SARAH KELLY, Executive Director, Boston Preservation Alliance and JONATHAN FORD, President, Northeast Chapter of The Congress for the New Urbanism

Explore the values of New Urbanism and Preservation.
Learn about neighborhoods in transition and the impact of revitalization.
Examine the South End, an important Boston neighborhood.

Do preservationists and new urbanists agree or disagree about neighborhood redevelopment? Come hear for yourself! Take this opportunity to reflect on what makes a neighborhood a vital place to live in and work.

Note: Dress warmly. The tour leaders will make an effort to visit some interiors of buildings to warm up, but warm walking shoes, gloves or mittens, a coat, and a hat are essential.

2:30pm-3:30pm

L09 Foundations Inside Historic Buildings

Introductory to Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKERS: JOHN LENS, P.E., Senior Principal, GeoDesign, Inc., Windsor, VT and TED VON ROSENVINGE, IV, P.E., Senior Principal, GeoDesign, Inc., Windsor, VT

Learn about careful planning, stringent vibration specifications, automated monitoring, and craft work education in risk management.
Learn about technology to assess foundation construction of historic buildings
Discuss the team approach, including consultation from specialists on complex projects to save historic fabric, costs, and time.

Using case histories from two projects at Dartmouth College, this session will illustrate how special attention to foundations can save costs and prevent damage to historic buildings. The speakers will address processes they developed to protect an historic mural and specialized soil evaluation that avoided overly conservative seismic site classification.

N06 Designing With Columns:

Applying Vignola’s Standards Today

Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKER: JOHN LUNDAY, Territory Sales Manager, Dixie-Pacific Manufacturing Co., Atlanta GA

Learn the orders of architecture.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of wood columns.
Explore the variety of materials used in columns.

This program will examine the correct proportion of the orders of architecture and how they relate to column size and style. Using project specification requirements for interior and exterior applications, structural needs, and style design, this program will aid in proper installation of appropriate columns. Vignola’s Standards will be the standard used.

R03 Updating The Bungalow

Introductory 1 AIA HSW CEU

Sponsored by:

SPEAKER: TREENA CROCHET, Wolfeboro, NH

Learn about new products for bungalows.
Examine options for making changes in a historically accurate fashion.
Discuss how other homeowners have solved problems.

Bungalows have always been a favorite housing style. With their quaint charm, rich woodwork, and convenient built-ins, they hold great appeal. The lifestyle of the current century is one that demands more space than earlier times. This presentation will discuss ingenious and creative ways to enlarge and adapt bungalows to accommodate current standards.

T08 Window Repair and The Small Shop

Intermediate to Advanced 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKERS: JOHN LEEKE, Preservationist, Window Restoration Alliance, Portland, ME, STEVE SWIAT, Northwood Restoration Shop, Getzville, NY, JAMES M. “PAT” PATRICK, Old Town Repair, Marblehead, MA, DAVE BOWERS, Old Window Restorers, Weare, NH, JADE MORTIMER, Heartwood Building & Restoration, Hawley, MA, ANDY ROEPER, Winn Mountain Restoration, Lyndeborough, NH

Discuss how small shops can succeed on big projects.
Explore window cost estimating.
Explore the window preservation market place

Most of the window preservation work across America is done by the independent tradesperson or small shop operators. Knowing how to repair and maintain windows is and operating a business that produces effective results is critical. Join a group of independent window specialists as they describe their successes and difficulties in producing some of the best window work to date.

2:30pm–4:00pm

L04 Repairing Historic Wood and Steel Windows For Large Projects

Introductory to Advanced 1.5 AIA HSW CEUs

SPEAKERS: BROOKS GENTLEMAN and TODD MAXWELL, Owners, Re-view, Kansas City, MO

How to evaluate different methods for treating historic window systems.
Learn about wood window restoration and replication.
Learn about steel window restoration and replication.

Building owners, developers, architects, contractors, state and federal preservation agencies have long debated the question of whether to repair or replace historic windows. This presentation will impartially explore all sides of this great debate.

L11 The Palladio Awards:

Commercial, Civic and Institutional Winners

Introductory 1.5 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

The Palladio Awards celebrate individual designers and/or design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment. There are four award categories, including restoration/renovation, sympathetic additions and new design and construction, and public spaces. Each award-winning project will be presented and explained by the design team.

T05 Rigging and Repairs For Timber Frame Buildings

Introductory to Advanced 1.5 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

PRESERVATION EDUCATION INSTITUTE

SPEAKERS: CRAIG EVANS, Partner and M. JASON EVANS, Partner, Evans Carpentry & Joinery, LLC, Bethlehem, PA

Discuss strategies for temporary supports to enable structural repairs to timber frame elements of buildings.
Learn to select proper materials to effect long-lasting repairs.
Appreciate that every structure will need a unique process.

This seminar will explain a safe and reliable method for putting temporary supports in place so that work on a building can be done with minimal impact. Using examples of work done on historic buildings and National Register sites, the process for designing methods of support for different types of repairs will be discussed. The choice of materials, style of joinery and methods of attachment as well as mitigating the factors which caused the original damage will be covered.

4:00pm–5:00pm

A01 Reuniting Sculpture and Architecture

Introductory to Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKERS: HENRY J. DUFFY, Curator/Chief of Cultural Resources, Saint-Gaudens National Site, Cornish, NH and LAURENCE J. NOWLAN, Sculptor, Windsor, VT

Develop an understanding of public sculpture.
Discuss the inclusion of public sculpture in a planning or architectural project.
Explore the issues underlying the creation and placement of public sculpture.

Since September 11, the question of what constitutes a public monument has taken on new meaning. Public debate continues about the appropriate means of remembering the events and people of that day. Each culture and time uses its own means and materials to celebrate heroism and recall national events. This seminar will give a review of public sculpture and begin a discussion between an historian and museum administrator and an artist. Both presenters are steeped in the traditions of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White.

Note: Participants are encouraged to visit two memorials by Saint-Gaudens in Boston prior to this talk: The Shaw Memorial on the Boston Common across from the Statehouse and the Philips Brooks Memorial outside Trinity Church.

L03 Large Scale, Institutional Window Repair: Restoration Without Relocation

Introductory to Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEUs

Sponsored by:

SPEAKERS: ARTHUR FEMENELLA, President, Femenella & Associates, Inc., Annandale, NJ and IAN SMITH, Director of Facilities, The Emma Willard School, Troy, NY

Understand how to conduct a window restoration project without displacing the occupants of a building.
Identify problems that develop when wood and leaded glass are not maintained properly
Acquire a basic understanding of how to make historic windows more energy efficient.

This seminar will discuss the ongoing restoration of over 3,000 wood and stone set windows glazed with leaded and stained glass at the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York. Part of the project was the design and retrofitting of an unused stable into a window restoration workshop so that windows could be restored in small groups on the premises and the impact upon the use of the buildings was minimal. The planning, fabrication of prototypes and the construction phase of the work will be discussed in detail.

T06 Shaker Painted Interiors

Intermediate 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKER: Christian Goodwillie, Curator of Collections, Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA

Acquire an appreciation of Shaker interior painting from 1780-1860.
Develop knowledge of contemporary analytical and restoration practices.
Study the materials used by the Shakers.

This talk will examine four cases where paint analysis by conservators has lead to the restoration of earlier paint schemes in the following Shaker buildings: the 1793 Shirley Shaker Meetinghouse, the 1830 Brick Dwelling at Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Mass., the 1846 Ministry Shop at South Union, Kentucky, and the 1846 South Family Dwelling at Harvard, Mass. The analytical processes as well as restoration materials and techniques will be discussed.

L16 Modern Bird Deterrence On Historic Structures

Introductory 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKER:HEATH WALDORF, Principal, Bell Bird Control, Parsippany, NJ

Recognize the effects of birds on building materials.
Understand the value of proper bird deterrence.
Create specifications for appropriate bird deterrence.

Birds are responsible for millions of dollars of damage to automobiles, buildings, machinery, paint finishes, and signage every year. Bird droppings are very acidic and can eat away at construction materials. An accumulation of droppings can significantly shorten the life span of a roof. This presentation will cover bird deterrence systems, bird behavior basics, as well as designs that either promote or deter bird infestations.

T07 Moldings, Millwork, and Architectural Interiors

1725-194

Introductory 1 AIA HSW CEU

SPEAKER: BRENT HULL, President, Hull Historical Millwork, Fort Worth, TX

Understand two hundred years of American Architectural Millwork.
Learn to distinguish moldings by their shape and characteristics.
Develop a broad view of the stylistic differences between periods.

This talk will provide a sweeping overview of millwork and moldings from 1725-1940. Using photographs and research from period rooms at Winterthur Museum, the session will identify unique molding characteristics of each period and correct design decisions will be discussed. An emphasis on classical design and its influence on molding use and placement will be included. How moldings were made and what they represented will also be included.

5:30pm-6:30pm Keynote Address

S06 Historic, Green and Profitable

Introductory to Advanced 1 AIA HSW CEU

Speaker: Donovan Rypkema, Principal, Place Economics, Washington, DC and author, The Economics of Preservation

“Green Buildings” in the United States are attracting the attention of architects, builders, city officials, and environmentalists. What is not broadly understood, however, is that “green buildings” are only part of the larger sustainable development movement. Sustainable development certainly includes environmental responsibility but also economic and cultural responsibility. The contributory role of historic buildings to sustainable development cannot be overestimated. The greenest building is the one that isn’t razed and taken to the landfill.

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Traditional Building GALA Reception

Networking abound. Join your colleagues, exhibitors, and our esteemed speakers for an evening of entertainment, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at the Gala Reception. Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere as you make new business contacts and greet old friends.

Sponsored by: Marvin Windows and Doors

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