Presenters Name: Alan Feder
Employment Title: Consultant
Company: S.A. Painting Consultants
Biography: Alan has been continually involved in the surface coatings industry for over 64 years, commencing as an apprentice Painter, Decorator and Signwriter, as a tradesman, a trainer of trade painters, applicators, technicians and others associated with the painting industry, and as a source of technical advice and training in the use of products for a then major paint manufacturer. Since his theoretical retirement, he has been involved in providing specialist coating industry consultancy and investigative services to several major South Australian Building and Coating Industry Consultancy providers, Heritage Architects and as an Expert Witness in court proceedings. His expertise has been used Australia wide.
Presentation Title: Discovering the past to inform the future
Presentation Abstract: Prior to any conservation or renovation process on heritage listed buildings and structures, it is common practice to carry out significant investigation to discover the colour of the originally applied coating system. This is necessary to enable accurate information to be assembled for the Heritage Architect for presentation to the asset owner in the specification documents prior to the commencement of the work. Various methods have been employed in recent years with many highly technical equipment and processes used, enabling a complete history of the colours used. Some historical knowledge and interpretation is required during the collection and subsequent evaluation processes. This presentation collects together some examples that have been undertaken over the years and a Case Study of one relatively recently completed project. The works and process methodologies will be described that illustrate the collection of the data needed that eventually informed the development of a complete conservation and renovation process undertaken on a rural NSW structure with examples of the final result.
