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Events

 
Forthcoming SPAB Events in Scotland
  
Events Programme 2008 
 
Download these dates and a booking form (PDF) (Word)
 
2nd Annual Building Maintenance Lectures

William Morris

Every November SPAB is the force behind National Maintenance Week. The campaign aims to encourage professionals, homeowners and others to be aware of simple, economic and achievable maintenance steps they can take to protect their buildings. On Tuesday 25 November 2008 a further series of lectures is offered by leading professionals, once again in conjunction with RICS and hosted by the Heriot-Watt School of the Built Environment.
 
The talks will include a variety of topics relating to maintenance of traditional buildings, presented by an illustrious line-up of speakers. The lectures will commence at 4:30 p.m. in Room 3.07 of the Edwin Chadwick building at Heriot Watt Riccarton campus, and is expected to finish at 8:00 p.m.. Sandwiches and refreshments will be provided at the interval. This event is not to be passed up, for homeowners and professionals alike!
 
Itinerary
4:00 Arrival
4:30  Martin J. Hadlington- Introduction
SPABiS Convenor, RIAS Conservation Architect, SPAB Scholar 1989
4:35  Ingval Maxwell – “The importance of maintaining traditional and historic buildings.”
Former Director of TCRE, Historic Scotland
5:15  Harriet Devlin- “European models in preventive maintenance.”
Lecturer in Historic Environment Conservation Ironbridge Institute, Churchill Fellowship award
6:00 Break
6:30 Alan Gardner- “The need for old buildings to breath.”
Alan Gardner Associates, SPAB Technical Committee, SPAB Lethaby Scholar
7:00 Murdo Macleod- “City of Edinburgh Council experience of maintaining privately owned historic buildings.”
Group Leader, Property Conservation, City of Edinburgh Council
7:30 Maureen Young– “The use of themography for building maintenance.”
Research Scientist, TCR Historic Scotland
8:00 Open Discussion & Close
 
Cost: £20 members, £15 Concessionary Members, £25 Non members.
 
 

SPAB in Scotland Winter Party

 
Come celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of the holidays with an informal get together at our offices on Barony Street in Edinburgh. Mulled wine, mince pies and good company! Tuesday 9 December, 2008, 17:30 – 20:00.
Cost is FREE for members + 1 Guest, however please R.S.V.P. your attendance for catering purposes by Friday 5 December.
 
 
Please make cheques payable to the SPAB in Scotland & R.S.V.P.
SPABiS Events, The Glasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street,
Edinburgh, Scotland EH3 6NX.
 
Any event queries please email Devon DeCelles at spabis.events@btinternet.com.
 
Alternatively call the office 0131 557 1551 or email spabis@spab.org.uk. 
 
We are always open to suggestions for future SPABiS events!
 

Coming soon in 2009…

SPABiS in Campbeltown: window repair technical day, Friday 16 January; Study day at the Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow (Feb); New Floors in Old Buildings Technical Day (May); AGM & Visit to Lethaby’s Melsetter House, Hoy, Orkney, 23-25 October; 3rd Annual Building Maintenance Lecture Series, late November; Winter Party, December.