Accreditation in historic building conservation: the work of the Edinburgh Group
Series: Journal of Architectural Conservation ; 10(1) March 2004, 36-48(13)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: Reviews how the various conservation accreditation schemes, which have emerged over the past 11 years, can be brought into a common framework. This will result in more unification and the resulting standards may be more universally accepted. Stresses the underlying need for communality is recognition that commissioning clients need assurance, from all participating professional bodies, that they can appoint a practitioner (for the lead professional role in grant-aided cases) on a clear understanding that the accredited individual has been assessed to a common level of competence in conservation work, irrespective of discipline. [Taken from journal abstract].| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS67798 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 126248-1001 |
Reviews how the various conservation accreditation schemes, which have emerged over the past 11 years, can be brought into a common framework. This will result in more unification and the resulting standards may be more universally accepted. Stresses the underlying need for communality is recognition that commissioning clients need assurance, from all participating professional bodies, that they can appoint a practitioner (for the lead professional role in grant-aided cases) on a clear understanding that the accredited individual has been assessed to a common level of competence in conservation work, irrespective of discipline. [Taken from journal abstract].