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Preservation Trades Craft Skills Development

  • 1.  Preservation Trades Craft Skills Development

    Posted 10-09-2012 12:00 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Historic Resources Committee and Committee of Corporate Architects and Facility Management .
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    I attach a copy of the Charleston Declaration 2012 on Craft Skills Development.  This initiative aligns with the new program being developed by the US National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT).

    Among other features, it seeks to address the urgent need for pre-bid qualification criteria on preservation / rehab projects that will enable the skills and experience of first rate trade companies (who often carry apprentices and train their staff) to better compete in he marketplace.  Without such economic drivers, the chances of retaining a competent preservation trade workforce at state and national level is doomed.

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    John Fidler Intl. Assoc. AIA
    John Fidler Preservation Technology
    Marina Del Rey CA
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