| The California Preservation Foundation |
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The California Preservation Foundation is the only statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of California's historic built environment. CPF is a statewide network of its members: individuals, businesses, organizations, and local governments long committed to historic preservation. Through this network the Foundation serves as a clearinghouse for preservation ideas, technical information and advice, available to all. The site offers selected case studies related to building code issues in historic preservation. There is also a page devoted to historic preservation publications, many of which are related to seismic issues. |
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| EQE International |
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This website links to an electronic earthquake home preparedness guide developed by EQE International. Using diagrams, specifications, and instructions, the guide helps homeowners assess the safety of their homes and complete earthquake preparedness projects such as strapping a water heater, bolting the sill plate to the foundation, and sheathing cripple walls. The document also provides a resource list. |
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| Federal Emergency Management Agency's Historic Preservation Program |
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This is the section of FEMA's website that deals with historic preservation, offering extensive information and useful resources. It offers an overview of FEMA's historic preservation and cultural resources program. Issues of compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 are also discussed. The website provides information on training, partnerships and outreach, technical assistance, current historic preservation news, success stories, and a list of tools and resources. FEMA documents related to historic preservation can be ordered from this website. |
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| Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division |
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This is the website for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Division. The website includes information on rehabilitating historic properties impacted by floods. It also includes links to four electronic preservation briefs that guide condition assessment and repair of various historic materials including wood shingle roofs, flat plaster walls and ceilings, stucco, and concrete. |
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| Hazards and Risk Virtual Library |
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This website is a Hazards and Risk Virtual Library created and maintained by Charles Sturt University. There are several entries related to historic preservation. |
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| Heritage Emergency National Task Force |
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Heritage Preservation has created a national emergency task force. Their website includes a resource list for disaster preparedness and response. Heritage Preservation focuses on the preservation of documents, archives, photographs, and artifacts. This website would be particularly useful for museums and libraries. |
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| Heritage Preservation Services, National Park Service |
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This is the website for the Heritage Preservation Services (HPS) division of the National Park Service. The site offers much in the way of general preservation information. There are a few disaster-related links under "planning and preservation." This website is especially useful for ordering free publications from the expansive HPS Bookstore. Publications come in a wide range of topics including guides for creating effective public participation in preservation planning to GIS mapping. |
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| The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training |
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The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training is an interdisciplinary effort by the National Park Service to enhance the art, craft, and science of preservation and conservation. NCPTT reaches the preservation community through three components: research, training, and information management. As a national clearinghouse, NCPTT monitors, gathers, creates and distributes preservation information. The main components of the clearinghouse include: grants and projects, preservation internet resources, training and education, materials research bibliography, analytical and materials testing services, job openings, conferences, and funding opportunities. Video: "A Seismic Renovation Design" This 20-minute video documents the restoration and seismic upgrades to Weatherford Hall on the Oregon State University campus. This project was used as a case study for FEMA's document 273, which provides guidelines for the seismic rehabilitation of buildings. Using the Weatherford Hall project, FEMA was able to determine the effectiveness of this document and its compatibility with document 178, which helps with the assessment of seismic risks facing existing buildings. |
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| The National Trust for Historic Preservation |
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities. There are a few articles related to natural disasters, but you have to be a National Trust member to access them. The National Trust also has an inexpensive "Information" series that provides concise information on basic and frequently used preservation techniques. There are a few booklets related to disaster planning and building codes. |
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| North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office - Department of Cultural Resources - Disaster Response |
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This website deals with general issues regarding natural disasters and historic properties, and provides specific checklists and tips. For instance, there are instructions for drying out a water-damaged building and tips for selecting a contractor after a natural disaster strikes. This information is often specific to North Carolina, but it is currently one of the most comprehensive websites dealing with this subject matter. |
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| Seismic and Historical Buildings, Englekirk & Sobal, Inc. |
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Englekirk & Sobal, Inc., consulting structural engineers based out of Los Angeles, CA, uses creativity and emerging technologies to challenge traditional approaches in risk management, seismic rehabilitation, and institutional building programs. They have an extensive list of seismic projects involving historic structures. They aim to consider the inherent strength of archaic building materials and the existing structural systems in order to reduce disruption to the historic fabric during seismic strengthening. The site contains several PDF files that highlight some of these projects. |
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| Seismic Retrofit - Historic Building |
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Reinforcing an historic building to meet new construction requirements, as prescribed by many building codes, can destroy much of a historic building's appearance and integrity. This is because the most expedient ways to reinforce a building according to such codes are to impose structural members and to fill irregularities or large openings, regardless of the placement of architectural detail. The results can be quite intrusive. However, structural reinforcement can be introduced sensitively. In such cases, its design, placement, patterning, and detailing respect the historic character of the building, even when the reinforcement itself is visible.
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| Thinking About the Unthinkable: A Disaster Plan For Historic Properties in Minnesota |
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This website offers a model disaster plan for historic properties, dealing with multi hazards, providing instruction for damage assessment and repairs. The website also has a helpful two-page 'historic property prevention checklist.' |
