Architectural Conservation

We provide specialist advice in the management of heritage sites in Australia and overseas including:

• Building surface assessments, particularly marble and terracotta floor and wall tiles
• Maintenance and relocation of monuments, memorials, sculptures and fountains
• Comprehensive condition reports
• Plans of care & management
• Development of conservation strategies
• Treatment proposals
• Research
• Project management of complex conservation projects

The conservation of the fabric of heritage buildings often presents complex challenges for building owners and their advisers. The Architectural Conservation team uses its extensive expertise with conservation of a wide range of materials to identify strategies and techniques to solve these complex conservation challenges. Our unique hands-on approach enables us to provide advice as consultants, or to actually carry out the conservation works on site.

We deliver solutions across the complete spectrum of heritage places, from small sculptures or wall paintings, to high-rise building facades or large engineering structures. We have in-house expertise on a wide range of materials, including:

• Stone
• Architectural ceramics
• Glass
• Plaster and scagliola
• Timber
• Painted finishes and wall paintings
• Terrazzo
• Curtain walls
• Metals
• Wallpaper

International Conservation Services maintains an extensive international network of contacts with specialist knowledge of many traditional materials and methods of construction, and is able to draw upon this network to access the latest practices and conservation techniques.

We work at varying stages throughout the conservation process, including:

• Condition assessment
• Materials testing and evaluation
• Conservation strategies
• Risk assessment and risk management plans
• Documentation and detailed design of conservation works
• Tender evaluation and subcontract management during conservation works

Execution of conservation works, particularly in the following trades:

• Conservation of painted finishes, including wall paintings and gilding
• Moulded plaster work
• Metals conservation
• Architectural ceramics, including mosaics, encaustic tiles, terracotta
• Timber finishes
• Wallpaper
• Industrial and archaeological artefacts
• Maintenance planning and performance of maintenance contracts

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