from the EHC.

The Issues of Preservation

For those organisations like the NSW RTA and SHFA who own and manage heritage timber structures such bridges, wharves, and large timber buildings, the maintenance and preservation of these heritage works is becoming ever more difficult. The environmental and social pressures of obtaining large pieces of hardwood timber in large quantities is limiting the preservation of these structures. Can we keep it up both in terms of cost and material ?

Is the preservation of timber structures 'sustainable' ?

Topics on the issues of preservation of Industrial and Engineered works were discussed at the last Australasian Heritage Conference in New Zealand and papers from this conference can be found at  http://www.ipenz.org.nz/heritage/conference/papers.cfm.

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