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ISSN: 1367-255X NUMBER 17 March 2001 COTAC is supported by the Heritageewsletter Grant Fund, English Heritage, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Historic Scotland. n This issue is also supported by the RICS Research Foundation. CONTENTS Introduction . .1 News RICS Research Foundation . 3 B2B Exchange . 3 ICCROM New Director General . 3 Expert Witness Society . 4 Dry Stone Walling . 4 INTRODUCTION World Architectural Awards . 5 Operations & Maintenance Manual . 5 Linford Group Appointments . 5 Ecology Building Society . 6 RIBA Downland Prize . 6 e wish to thank the Royal Government, Department of Culture, Civic Trust Awards . 7 Institution of Chartered Media and Sports and DETR and pub- Constructionline . 7 W UCL Centre for Historic Buildings etc. 8 Surveyors (RICS) Research Found- lished as the ‘Power of Place’ report in World Skills Competition . 8 ation and in particular its Director, December. It has generally been wel- Heritage Information Exchange . 9 Building Crafts College . 9 David Fitzpatrick for the financial sup- comed as a very useful document and Features the Government’s response in March is 2000 COTAC Standing Conference . 10 port towards the next few issues of this London Heritage Forum . 11 Newsletter and the development of keenly awaited. The committee that Canal Conservation . 15 prepared the report was chaired by the Painter Awards . 16 our website. David says a little more Sir Neil Cossons . 17 elsewhere in this issue about the incoming chairman of English Historic Environment Review . 19 Maurice Mendoza . 21 Foundation which has been estab- Heritage, Sir Neil Cossons and we Sir Bernard Feilden . 22 lished ‘to enhance the quality of the include articles about both Sir Neil and Conservation Training – First Steps . 23 Review of General Education Scene . 25 built and natural environments for the the report in this issue. Kings Cross Architectural Conservation . 26 benefit of all’ and we very much look I am very sad to announce another Future Workforce for Building Repair . 28 Aiud Conservation & Training Project . 29 forward to working together. death of a longstanding friend and NVQs in Building Conservation . 31 This is very timely given COTAC’s supporter of COTAC – Maurice Lambeth College Construction Awards . 34 2000 Europa Nostra Awards . 35 recent major review of its role with the Mendoza last October. A full obituary The Fundamente Project . 36 appears on page 21 but my own par- Publications questionnaire circulated to all mem- TANS 16, 17, 18 . 38 bers last autumn and discussed at the ticular memories of Maurice began Leonardo da Vinci Programme . 40 Creative Re-use of Buildings . 41 November meeting of the Standing back in the autumn of 1992 when he Industrial Buildings . 41 Conference. It was agreed as a result of and Richard Davies interviewed me for EH, Research Transactions – Thatching . 41 Studies in History of Civil Engineering . 42 this review that a small working party the job of Project Manager with Donhead Facsimile on Earth Buildings . 42 would prepare a draft business plan COTAC. We seemed to form an Earth Construction Handbook . 42 Funds for Historic Buildings Directory . 42 for COTAC’s activities over the com- instant bond and I have valued his wise Repairing Traditional Structures . 43 ing years. The committee has met and counsel, support and friendship ever Images of England . 43 Stone, Brick and Mortar . 43 following wide ranging brain storming since. He was a wonderful man and Exhibitions, Conferences, Seminars, Courses sessions and very fruitful discussions, will be greatly missed by all who were NMRC Exhibitions and Events . 44 ICOM-CC Working Group on Education . 44 the plan is currently being refined in privileged to know him. Our sympathy 4th US/ICOMOS International Symposium . 44 and thoughts are with his widow IHBC Annual School 2001 . 45 preparation for presentation and ICCROM Newsletter details . 45 approval at the April Standing Phyllis at this difficult time. Cathedral Craft & Conservation Seminar . 45 STREMAH 2001 Conference . 46 Conference. A major plank of this plan We include in this issue a report on SPAB Courses & Events . 46 will be the need for effective communi- the Heritage Forum Conference and RICS PG Diploma, Reading . 47 Opportunity at Heriot Watt . 47 cations such as the Newsletter and Exhibition held at the Business Design Weald & Downland Museum Courses . 48 Web site. Centre, Islington last June for which West Dean College Courses . 49 Anglia Polytechnic University MSc . 50 Another major review, that of the COTAC worked in conjunction with RIBA National Conservation Conference . 50 Heritage, was recently completed by Leipzig Messe from Germany. It was a Woodchester Mansion Trust Courses . 50 COTAC Network Courses . 51 English Heritage at the request of the great success in terms of the range of ROOM 97a, PLATFORM 7, ST PANCRAS STATION, EUSTON ROAD, LONDON NW1 2QP. TEL: 020 7713 0135, FAX: 020 7713 0359 email: [email protected] website: http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~cotac/ PRESIDENT: Rt Hon Peter Brooke CH MP VICE-CHAIRMAN: JANE SHARMAN CBE, MA DIRECTOR: Richard Davies Dip. Arch., (Hons.) RIBA HON. TREASURER: Stephen Bond MA, ARICS, Grad. Dip. Cons. AA © Copyright Conference on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) Registered Charity No. 1036263 Introduction topics and the high quality of speakers, though the size of City and Guilds diploma in Stonemasonry at the Building audience was often disappointing at this three-day event. Craft College. She soon picked up our routine administra- The organizers confirmed their keenness to apply lessons tion needs, applied her skills as a trained librarian to learnt for a future event. The COTAC day was on 22nd improve our filing system/information library and quickly June entitled ‘Heritage in Practice’ it concentrated as might became an essential member of the team. She took increas- be expected on training, education and standards. The ing responsibility for organising promotional events with opportunity was also taken on this day by the Joint the local community and schools as part of the Kings Cross Awarding Body of Edexcel, the Chartered Institute of Architectural Conservation Training Project and all her Building, the Institution of Civil Engineers and COTAC to many talents will be sadly missed. She has decided to return formally launch two Level 4 and one Level 5 National to full time education to do a Master of Arts in history. We Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in Building wish her every success with this and for the future and send Conservation. The Level 4 qualifications are for Building our thanks for all the hard work during her time with us. Site Management and Conservation Control, the latter Like all best management succession before leaving us aimed principally at conservation officers and the Level 5 Isobel identified her possible replacement, Emma Benson a Conservation Consultancy for those providing strategic recent graduate in ceramics from St Martin’s College advice on all aspects of conservation. An introductory London. Welcome to Emma who joined us in July and has leaflet about the qualifications is enclosed with this issue quickly become a valuable asset assisting with general and includes contact details for those who would like fur- administration and organising the promotional events for ther information, i.e. employers, training providers and the Kings Cross project. More recently she has been joined candidates. A comprehensive review of NVQs by John by another graduate of St Martin’s, this time in Fine Art, Preston, COTAC Trustee and Education Officer of the Farida Kazak. Our welcome to Farida who is taking over Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), is also responsibility for the general administration, freeing Emma included in this issue. to concentrate on Kings Cross. For this year’s conference COTAC is working with the Good progress has been made with our European work Institute of Historic Building Conservation for their and both Beta and Transfusion, Leonardo da Vinci pro- ‘Annual School 2001’ entitled ‘Setting the Standards’. It gramme projects have been completed and final reports will be held at University College London from 5th to 8th submitted to the EU. The six Training Modules developed April and consist of a combination of talks, technical tours under the Beta Programme are now available for purchase and visits, receptions, dinner and formal conferences. The on CD-ROM and consist of traditional techniques in stone, full programme is shown on the enclosed leaflet. Of partic- wood, plaster, building conservation, urban conservation ular relevance to all COTAC members and contacts is and craft modules. Anyone interested in further informa- Saturday 7th with the theme of ‘Raising Standards’ and we tion or in obtaining copies of these should contact me at hope to see many of you on that day and indeed any of the COTAC. others. Likewise good progress has been made with the It was with great regret that we said goodbye to Isobel Fundamente project and an article is included elsewhere Brooks in July. Isobel joined us in Spring 1999 as a part- giving further details. time administrator while she was completing her NVQ and Our congratulations to Donald Insall for the recent award of the Europa Nostra Medal of Honour for his major contribution to building conservation practice and education over many years. We include a number of examples of practical conserva- tion training and education in action: York College share with us the success of their conservation course, we report on the British Waterways training initiative, give an update on the work that we are doing with the community out- reach programme to introduce trainees into conservation training through the Kings Cross Architectural Conservation Training Project and demonstrate the impor- Maria Fidelis, tance of recognising student achievements reporting on the school student, Lambeth College Awards Ceremony held at the Plaisteres cutting a timber Company in November.