This is your chance to learn more about shoring and stabilization of historic buildings directly from experts in the field and earn continuing education credits for your participation!

Tuesday September 28, 2010
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm

4 CE/HSW Credits!
$125/per person
$100/per person – Special offer for Friends of HDC & Professional Partners!

In recent years, with an increase in construction and demolition across the city, New York has witnessed several unfortunate losses of historic structures due to improper stabilization and shoring. Understanding the unique circumstances surrounding the structural make-up of historic buildings and how to properly undertake shoring for these buildings is crucial to their continued preservation.

Join the Historic Districts Council for this special seminar examining shoring methods and case studies from work on historic buildings. Techniques are improving all the time and architects should understand them to have a fuller knowledge of preserving and restoring buildings.

This program will feature presentations from several industry experts, including Brad Kiefer, Senior Associate, Goldstein Associates Consulting Engineers Nat Oppenheimer, Principal, Robert Silman Associates, and John J. McErlean, Principal, Plan B Engineering. Special guest Tim Lynch, Executive Director of the Forensic Engineering Unit at the New York City Department of Buildings, will give a short presentation on how the Department of Buildings oversees shoring and structural work.

To register for this event, go to http://www.hdc.org/lectures.htm or call 212-614-9107.