Oct 14 2009
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.:
WHO: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH), a national engineering firm that designs, investigates, and rehabilitates structures and building enclosures.
WHAT: SGH will chair a two-day workshop on the repair and use of architectural ceramics.
WHERE: APT Conference, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
Architectural Ceramics Workshop
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 2-Tuesday, Nov. 3
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Carolyn Searls, SGH Senior Principal, will lead a workshop on architectural ceramics and their use and repair in historic buildings at the APT Conference in Los Angeles on November 2. Susan Knack-Brown, SGH Senior Project Manager and CeCe Louie, SGH Senior Staff II - Building Technology are co-coordinators of the program. The two-day workshop brings together experts on diverse topics such as the processes used to manufacture, diagnose and repair terra cotta and clay tile roofing, and conservation of glazed tiles. The workshop will also include two hands-on demonstrations on fixings for architectural terra-cotta, and patching and coating architectural ceramics.
Source: http://www.sgh.com/