27th June 2013
London

The seminar will address applications for a material that is increasingly being used in the burgeoning area of building conservation, and for the production of which new plants are being set up in Europe. This cement produces an ochre coloured breathable material which can be used for repair and re-forming of architectural details which is much more sympathetic for the repair of heritage structures. To overcome the limitations of its quick setting properties by using additives, and by different mixing techniques, we are effectively rediscovering skills that artisans and masons must have had in past times. Recently a large European research programme (www.rocare.eu), extensively investigated historic renders based on Roman cements, and the results of this work will be discussed by the speakers.

The meeting will be of interest to architects, consultants, materials suppliers, engineers and anyone with an interest in the preservation of historic structures.

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