Specification of the Assessment
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Preliminary Framework for Assessment
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Detailed Assessment and Serviceability
Standards for Architectural and Engineering Documentation -
Guidelines for Architectural and Engineering Documentation -
Standards for Archeological Documentation -
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Report including Proposal for Construction Intervention
Standards for Historic Preservation Projects -
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Professional Qualifications Standards -
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Concept of European Cultural Area
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The concept of a European Cultural Area should be recognized and promoted by the European Union. It would highlight the multi-facetted character and variety of European Cultural Heritage. It would recognize Europe’s cultural heritage as the product of many cultures that have contributed over centuries to its development, while recognizing the essential elements that distinguish it from other cultures such as American, African or Asian. It will create a framework for all activities associated with cultural heritage, including scientific research. Better links between researchers and decision-makers are urgently needed, including:
- To provide vision, guidance and guidelines;
- To act as a bridge between science and end-users and to provide a link between
basic and applied research;
- Improved quality of life and education for everyone;
- To provide a conduit for the dissemination of research results funded at European
level so that the transition from research, to application, to awareness-raising;
Through education;
- Integral parts of individual projects and project design;
- To provide a link with decision-makers and opinion-formers, using the Web as a
means of communication with the public and its own infrastructure;
- Maintain resources and competitiveness, dissemination and exploitation;
- Link to sustainable development and materials;
- Information and communication technology;
- New applicable technologies.
WHAT IS CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT?
It is a rational, systematic process of gathering and analyzing information, and projecting preservation action into the future. Effective Cultural Heritage Management empowers informed decision-making, rather than crisis-reaction, which results in enhanced preservation of historic and cultural resources. The primary purpose of Cultural Heritage Management is to verify the protection and preservation of valued historic and cultural resources for future generations. Cultural Heritage Management is based on a thorough classification and assessment of historic and cultural property within the context of other public policy goals. This historic preservation planning builds a consensus toward a common vision in establishing a course of action to ensure future conservation of valued historic and cultural resources
The historic preservation plan documents the results of planning and looks toward the future while guiding decisions made and actions taken today. To be fully effective it must be implemented-- actions must be taken by a variety of players in order to make certain that the plan's goals can be accomplish so that the communal vision of the preservation future can be attained.
EMonument recognizes the importance of studying the effects of biodeterioration on Cultural Heritage sites and it is through the Virtual Institute program that links are established with other whom are also interested in the Heritage management. New studies on damage caused by microorganisms, particularly bacteria, are crucial to an overall understanding of proper assessment and serviceability for Cultural Heritage sites. In recent years, deterioration of stone buildings, timber structures and monuments by biodeterioration has become a new research focal point. Prominent experts believe that biodeterioration is on the increase, fuelled by pollution. While there is a correlation between pollution and observed deterioration, the importance that microorganisms play has not been fully understood because many other factors are also involved.
EMonument is active in biodeterioration research, which will enhance our understanding of the role of microorganisms and their interaction with pollutants in the process of stone deterioration.
EMonument's Technological Preservation Services assists home owners, preservation professionals, organizations, and government agencies in preserving and protecting heritage sites by providing readily available guidance materials on preserving, restoring, and rehabilitating historic buildings. Technological Preservation Services, (TPS) is dedicated to improving the quality of work on historic buildings by promoting their long-term preservation and fostering the conscientious use of both traditional and innovative techniques in their care and maintenance. TPS plays an essential role in developing internationally recognized networking workshops on current key preservation issues and in conducting training programs in partnership with universities, public agencies, and professional organizations. TPS provides information and guidance on the care of historic buildings. The ongoing maintenance of historic buildings, the revitalisation of older communities and historic districts, and the retention of craftsmanship and artistry exhibited in the built environment all contribute to the preservation of our national heritage while improving the quality of life of our citizenry. Technological Preservation Services provides the tools and information necessary to take effective measures to protect and preserve historic buildings, ranging from historic timber structure replacement and harmful fungal growth analysis to building assessment through remote monitoring tools and non-destructive testing, (NDT).
Cultural Heritage Charter and Key Ideas in the Standards
The reason we have established the Virtual Institute for Cultural Heritage is to assimilate broad based issues concerning key ideas and standards, thus assisting with the innovation of developing a workable and transparent internationally collective model deemed the Non-Governmental and Not-For-Profit Organization Consultants for European Cultural Heritage Assessment, (CECHAS). The charter will consist of any qualified person interested in working with a quality assurance management program to establishing a charter for the preservation of Cultural Heritage and historic properties on a global basis. If you are interested in participating then please contact us for futher details and download the CECHAS CHARTER.
Key Ideas in the Standards
Bio-Degradation and the Economic Issues
Historic preservation has acknowledged cultural and aesthetic benefits. Less known and appreciated are its economic effects.
Historic preservation in Belgium fosters significant economic activity and benefits in its own right. Most analyses undertaken to date, develops preservation-specific data, comprehensively linking various preservation-related activities, using input-output flow chart models to analyze the data.
These models address the total economic impact of historic preservation and thus addresses both direct effects of preservation-related activities and multiplier effects. Multiplier effects include indirect and induced economic consequences. Direct effects encompass the value of goods and services immediately involved in the economic activity being analyzed. Indirect effects encompass the value of goods and services needed to support the direct effects. An induced effect is the change in consumer spending that is generated by changes in labor income within the region as a result of the direct and indirect effects. Economists estimate indirect and induced effects using input-output models.
These models offer significant advantages in detailing the total economic effects of an activity such as historic rehabilitation and maintenance, and produces accurate estimates of the total regional impacts. Models have been shown to yield the best estimates of the amount of local production that is consumed locally and to possess a wider array of measures that can be used to analyze impacts. Certain models are applied to various aspects of historic preservation that bear on its economic contribution-including historic rehabilitation, heritage tourism, and the operations of historic sites and organizations. Analysis of property taxes paid by historic buildings and how landmark designation enhances property values also was undertaken. Impacts are given for the latest years for which complete information was available at the time of analysis and include direct and multiplier effects.
Testing concludes that the economic benefits of historic preservation such as total job creation, increased income and GDP, surpass those of other investments such as new housing or new commercial construction. It is clear from this study that, given the powerful economic pump-priming effect of historic preservation including its considerable tax benefits, public programs to foster preservation can realize sizeable economic development gains often at little or no cost to the taxpayer.
Should you have any questions concerning the development of the EMVI please contact us. If you wish to participate, please submit your data at the Virtual Institute submission form.
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In general Cultural Heritage assessment procedure consists of the following steps listed below which EMVI uses as a study base:
