2011 Yearbook

30 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 1 Oddfellows Hall, Plymouth clearly demonstrates the need for a sensitive approach to conservation, repair and maintenance. Taking a broad perspective, the site CVJMU VQPO UIF FYQMJDJU DSJUFSJB PG the ICOMOS Guidelines for Education and Training in the Conservation of Monuments, Ensembles and Sites dating from 1993, and recast them into five relevant subset units against which accreditation submissions could be made based on a range of appropriate FYQFSJFODFT 5IF VOJUT BEESFTT UIF following topics: t DVMUVSBM TJHOJmDBODF t BFTUIFUJD TJHOJmDBODF t JOWFTUJHBUJPO NBUFSJBMT BOE technology t TPDJBM BOE mOBODJBM JTTVFT t JNQMFNFOUBUJPO BOE NBOBHFNFOU of conservation works. Set out in the form of structured CPD, the website o"ers assistance and guidance to practitioners who wish to seek accredited status. The site is not a formal course as such, nor does it provide an easy route to accreditation. What it does seek to achieve is to influence the way individuals think about conservation issues, and it encourages the adoption of a self-assessment regime to assist in the process of compiling an appropriate body of evidence for peer-review. Now administered by the Conference on Training in Architectural Conservation, the site has received more than 600,000 hits in its first four years and is clearly meeting a demand that is not being fulfilled elsewhere. UK BUILDING CONSERVATION ACCREDITATION SCHEMES 4JODF TJY QSPGFTTJPOBM CPEZ accreditation schemes have been set up in the UK, and another in the Republic of Ireland. With the FYDFQUJPO PG UIF 3PZBM *OTUJUVUF of Architects in Ireland, all have participated as active members of the &EJOCVSHI (SPVQ 5IFZ BSF MJTUFE below with the years in which their respective schemes were established: t 3PZBM *OTUJUVUJPO PG $IBSUFSFE 4VSWFZPST 3*$4 t 3PZBM *ODPSQPSBUJPO PG "SDIJUFDUT JO 4DPUMBOE 3*"4 t "SDIJUFDUT "DDSFEJUFE JO #VJMEJOH $POTFSWBUJPO ""#$ t 3PZBM *OTUJUVUF PG UIF "SDIJUFDUT PG *SFMBOE 3*"* t $POTFSWBUJPO "DDSFEJUBUJPO 3FHJTUFS GPS &OHJOFFST $"3& t $IBSUFSFE *OTUJUVUF PG "SDIJUFDUVSBM 5FDIOPMPHJTUT $*"5 GSPN t 3PZBM *OTUJUVUF PG #SJUJTI "SDIJUFDUT 3*#" The Royal Society of Ulster Architects 346" BOE UIF 3PZBM 4PDJFUZ PG "SDIJUFDUT JO 8BMFT 34"8 IBWF BMTP formally adopted the recent RIBA scheme which, unlike the others, o"ers an incremental accreditation route at three levels: Conservation Registrant, Conservation Architect, and Specialist Conservation Architect. In creating this approach, these three professional bodies have followed the lead of others in recognising the significant value of the entire CRM sector to the profession’s work portfolio, and the challenges that it creates. A stone cleaning project in Glasgow 30 years on: will accredited status help to ensure correct speci#cation in future?