COTAC, the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation, has launched its refreshed and updated website, including new content, at cotac.org.uk.
COTAC Chairman Ingval Maxwell OBE said: ‘We are delighted to have this new accessible and mobile-friendly update of our well-established web resource.’
‘We have also taken the opportunity to add new links, such as to the new BIM4Heritage network, which ties back to our 2011 conference, and subsequent events, as well as taken the opportunity to post new material on our most recent conference, on ‘Connecting conservation’. So if you were not able to join us in Cowcross Street last year, be sure to check out the fascinating presentations now available on line.’
‘The job for the new COTAC does not end here of course, as we’ll soon also have a fully operational news page to keep our global and national network fully informed of what’s happening!’
COTAC writes:
Established in 1959, COTAC is currently registered as the ‘Council on Training in Architectural Conservation’, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Its founding principles lie in the recognition of the need for specialists to properly specify and oversee work involved in repairing and conserving historic buildings and churches.’
‘Over the years it has successfully, persistently and influentially worked to lift standards, develop training qualifications and build networks across the conservation, repair and maintenance (CRM) sector. The refreshed website continues that approach. Undertaken by IHBC Enterprises for COTAC, the site is now accessible through a full range of platforms and its launch completes one of COTAC’s key Business Plan objectives.
The site freely offers a considerable amount of relevant conservation related information and guidance. This includes a unique digital bibliography, presentations and reports from its annual conference series, and a gateway to its understandingconservation.org website. This related facility will continue to be readily available as a COTAC on-line personal learning resource for those wishing to develop and further their conservation knowledge and skills. Developed in accordance with the ICOMOS Education and Training Guidelines, all of COTAC’s accessible online facilities have a broad national and international relevance.
For more on COTAC see the links from the new site at http://www.cotac.org.uk
