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THE FUTURE OF OLD
BUILDINGS
CDAC
specialises in the conservation of old, listed
and historic buildings through...
CONSULTANCY
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Advising owners, building professionals, developers and others on
historic building issues
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Feasibility Studies, Conservation Plans, Conservation
Management/Training Plans
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Statements of Significance,
Statements of Need, Heritage Impact Assessments
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Advising on Listed Building Consent
and Conservation Area Consent issues
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Client
design and project advice - to guide clients through the building process
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CDAC offers full AABC accreditation - a
requirement for many officially-sponsored conservation projects
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PRESERVATION & REPAIR
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Condition Reports with guidelines for appropriate conservation repairs
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Analysing building failures or maintenance needs
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Highlighting where modern repair/decoration materials will conflict with
the original fabric
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Administering conservative repairs
on site through a building contract
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Conservative repair in accordance
with SPAB principles
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ADAPTATION, NEW
BUILD & SUSTAINABLE USE
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Re-tuning old buildings' natural
sustainability with modern sustainable technologies
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Advice on balance between insulation,
breathability and moisture control
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Incorporation of current technology
and services minimising visual and physical intrusion
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Adaptations to provide equal access
and improve user comfort and safety
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Extensions and alterations in
sympathy with the style and period of the original building
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Contemporary designs respecting the
scale and materials of the original
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New-build using traditional and
natural materials
and new sustainable materials
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EXPERIENCE
CDAC's conservation experience includes works
for The National Trust and The Churches Conservation Trust over two
decades plus works
carried out in association with English Heritage and public grants.
Consultancy commissions include work for developers
of housing, commercial office and regeneration projects. New-build
projects have been carried out for The National Trust and also for
private householders.
Additionally the practice has an understanding of the
needs of the leisure and sports sectors including retail, brewing and
public houses, hotels, pools and equestrian facilities.
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COMMUNICATION
The directors of CDAC are actively involved in
national and local conservation issues which includes serving on
committees of professional bodies and conservation organisations.
They
have written extensively - books and for magazines - to share lessons
learnt from building conservation and to
highlight its relevance to the modern pursuit of sustainability.
They
are keen to make this information
more widely available and understood through talks and lectures, and by contributing to broadcasts and websites
- see
www.oldhouse.info for more.
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