Last updated 15 March 2001
New additions since January 2001 marked with [NEW]
SWAPNET
Stone Weathering & Atmospheric Pollution Network.
From the site: "SWAPNET (Stone Weathering and Atmospheric Pollution NETwork) is an informal grouping of academics and other parties interested in the processes and forms of degradation of stone and the methods and practices of stone preservation and conservation. SWAPNET was formed as a discussion group in the late 1980s and has since developed links between academics in geomorphology, geology and microbiology as well as contacts with English Heritage and the Building Research Establishment."
[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/research/swapnet/swapnet.htm]
Weathering Research Group, Queen's University of Belfast
Located under "Geography Research" From the site: "The Weathering Research Group has an extensive track record of research into the weathering mechanisms affecting stone in natural and urban environments."
[http://www.qub.ac.uk/geosci/]
Rock Weathering Research Group, Sussex University
From the site: "The Rock Weathering Research Group (a fixed term working group of the British Geomorphological Research Group) provides a UK discussion forum for research within the framework of rock weathering and landscape evolution."
[http://cpesw3.mols.sussex.ac.uk/rwrg/]
Environmental Geomorphology Research Group [NEW]
From the site: "The Environmental Geomorphology Research Group seeks to use geomorphological techniques to contribute to the understanding of certain environmental issues..... The Environmental Geomorphology research group has two main areas of research. The first of these consists of the Land Degradation and Rehabilitation Programme of the [Environmental Change Institute], a group that aims at a greater understanding of the occurrence, processes and impacts of land degradation in order to enhance mankind's ability to tackle the resulting environmental problems..... The second main area of research is the field of Weathering and the Built Environment. The aim is to pursue high quality research on processes and rates of mineral, rock and building stone weathering and their importance to geomorphology, ecology, and the management of buildings."
[http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/eng/]
Gravestone Weathering Research
From the site: "This set of Web pages is designed to:
i) outline current research being undertaken at the University of Portsmouth into gravestone weathering;
ii) provide a forum for discussion of weathering processes and forms found on gravestones;
iii) provide an accessible database on gravestone weathering rates across the UK;
iv) provide a source of gravestone related references."
[http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/geo/inkpenr/graveweb/gravestone.htm]
Reigate Stone Recording and Research Project
From the site: "The research project was instigated by Historic Royal Palaces in 1996 to survey and record the extent and condition of the surviving Reigate stone in the Palaces, and to further our understanding of the nature of the stone and of conservation techniques."
[http://www.rosenau.demon.co.uk/reigate.html]
The Limestone Research Group
From the site: "The Limestone Research Group is a research and consultancy unit within the Department of Geographical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Huddersfield."
[http://www.hud.ac.uk/schools/applied_sciences/LRG/home.htm]
Advanced Concrete & Masonry Centre
From the site: "The Advanced Concrete and Masonry Centre is a specialist research and consultancy body attached to the Faculty of Communications, Engineering and Science at the University of Paisley. Our interdisciplinary team of engineers and material scientists are supported by facilities of international standing. Research strengths include Self Compacting Concrete, underwater concrete, nanotechnology in building materials, lime based binders for masonry construction and factors that affect the weathering and durability of natural building stones."
[http://www-civeng.paisley.ac.uk/acm/]
Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University. School of Conservation Sciences. Research areas.
From the site: "Established as one of seven Schools within the University, the [School of Conservation Science's] mission is to provide excellent, theoretically informed science-based teaching, research and consultancy relating to natural and cultural environments, resources and materials."
[http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/consci/text/cs_res_h.htm]
Aachen University of Technology, Working Group "Natural Stones And Weathering" [NEW]
From the site: "Natural stones were used as building material at historically important buildings and monuments as well as at modern and industrial buildings. The drastic increase of weathering damages at these monuments, especially at cultural monuments, requires urgent preservation measures on the basis of newest research results. Knowledge of the weathering state of monuments, of material properties of stones used and of material alterations owing to weathering is the basis for the explanation of the complex weathering processes and causes of damages and therefore important for planning and execution of preservation measures and for prevention of damages."
[http://www.rwth-aachen.de/geow/Ww/AGNV/wgn_home.html]
University of Groningen
University of Groningen, The Netherlands - Institute for Art and Architectural History.
Cultural Heritage and its protection in the Netherlands.
[http://syn.let.rug.nl/~kleyn/CB/index_e.html]
Anthropogenic impacts on weathering processes
Anthropogenic impacts on weathering processes: man-induced atmosphere-water-rock interactions on a global- to micro-scale. Includes prediction of the durability of building materials.
[http://www.sci.muni.cz/~sulovsky/igcp405.html]
Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague
From the site: "The Dept. of Chemical Technology of Monument Conservation is engaged in studying chemical problems associated with caring for cultural historical monuments: studies of causes of damage in monuments, development and application of methods and means for preservation of organic materials (wood, paper, parchment, etc.), inorganic materials (stone, plaster, wall paintings, ceramics, etc.), studies and application of methods and means for restoration of historical buildings (facade painting, preserving plasters, etc.) and application of analytical methods in research into historical objects."
[http://staff.vscht.cz/rud/home-e.html]
Technical Center of Expertise for Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings
From the site: "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Technical Center of Expertise (TCX) for Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings is located in the Corps' Seattle district office. The TCX has established a nationwide reputation as a valuable resource for military installations and other Federal, State and local agencies in the study, rehabilitation, repair and maintenance of historic sites, districts, landscapes, buildings, and structures."
[http://www.cadd.nps.usace.army.mil/tcx_psb/histpres.htm]
Atlantic Masonry Research & Advisory Bureau, Inc.
From the site: "The Atlantic Masonry Research & Advisory Bureau, Inc. was established at the University of New Brunswick in January 1989 under an agreement between the University and the masonry industries of the Atlantic Provinces. AMRAB was created to provide technical and engineering assistance to all facets of the industry concerned with the study, design, construction and utilization of masonry structures."
[http://www.unb.ca/web/mason/amrab.htm]
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