TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurring Issues in Historic Building Conservation
AU - Azizi, Nurul Zahirah Mohd
AU - Razak, Arman Abdul
AU - Din, Mokhtar Azizi Mohd
AU - Nasir, Nasyairi Mat
PY - 2016/6/23
Y1 - 2016/6/23
N2 - Historic building conservation is often challenged by a number of issues in its process. This paper reviews past studies about challenges of heritage building conservation, then goes on to describe a small pilot study carried out in Malaysia to measure the number of significant issues faced among local conservators. A total of 46 issues were identified from literature and classified into five themes of technical, environmental, organisational, financial and human issues. Tentative findings showed that technical issues such as limited availability of specialists, availability of original components, labour and skill shortages, and lack of personnel training, were the biggest challenges in conservation projects.
AB - Historic building conservation is often challenged by a number of issues in its process. This paper reviews past studies about challenges of heritage building conservation, then goes on to describe a small pilot study carried out in Malaysia to measure the number of significant issues faced among local conservators. A total of 46 issues were identified from literature and classified into five themes of technical, environmental, organisational, financial and human issues. Tentative findings showed that technical issues such as limited availability of specialists, availability of original components, labour and skill shortages, and lack of personnel training, were the biggest challenges in conservation projects.
KW - historic buildings
KW - Conservation
KW - heritage
U2 - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.217
DO - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.217
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1877-0428
VL - 222
SP - 587
EP - 595
JO - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
JF - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
M1 - 222
ER -