Managing maintenance work on historic monuments

Sustained, regular and programmed maintenance work on a historic monument can considerably reduce the need for major works, thereby enabling substantial savings to be made on restoration work.

  • EG-01

  • 9.30am - 5.30pm

  • 1 day

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  • Owners, directors and managers of public and private heritage sites
    Technical maintenance manager
    Worksite manager
  • Please contact us for more information at cmn.institut@monuments-nationaux.fr

  • Face-to-face training

  • Basic knowledge of heritage site management and works on historic monuments

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Objectives - Target skills

  • To be familiar with the particularities and prioritisation of maintenance work on historic buildings
  • Know how to draw up and describe maintenance work requirements for consultation with service providers
  • Be familiar with a number of tools for programming and monitoring maintenance work

Detailed programme

  • Reminder of the regulatory context for work carried out on national monuments
  • Maintenance - Repair - Restoration - Development

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF MAINTENANCE WORK

  • Prioritisation of categories of maintenance work :
    • Emergency intervention (making the monument safe)
    • Compulsory maintenance
    • Recurrent maintenance work (annually renewed)
    • One-off maintenance work
  • Management of structural and finishing work (waterproofing, airproofing, etc.) - Enclosure/roofing (roofs, roofing, framework)
  • Facades and facade elements (balconies, canopies, loggias, ironwork, openings, etc.)
  • Interior parts (ceilings, interior walls, partitions, flooring, doors, etc.)
  • Main lines of a management plan and work that could be the subject of an outsourcing contract in a historic garden
  • Maintenance of pathways and walkways
  • Maintenance of water features

PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TOOLS

  • Different players depending on the nature of the work
  • Drawing up specifications for simplified consultation
  • Qualified service providers for historic monuments
  • Diagnostic and monitoring tools for the overall maintenance of a historic monument

Methods & Procedures

TEACHING METHODS AND TOOLS

  • Case study: Château de Châteaudun (28)
  • Tool sheet

ASSESSMENT METHODS

  • Knowledge multiple-choice questions

Speaker

Solenne BLONDET

Chief State Architect and Town Planner-Conservator of Historic Monuments, at the Centre des Monuments Nationaux

"After working as an architect for Bâtiments de France, I was put in charge of conservation and project management, and have been responsible for the preventive conservation of national monuments since the creation of project management at the CMN in 2009. To this end, I have helped to develop methodological and practical tools for the conservation and maintenance of national monuments. "