Caring for our Common Heritage- Looking after Traditional Buildings

Aberdeen City Heritage Trust is a Scottish Charity and Limited company which works to encourage better understanding, conservation and celebration of Aberdeen's historic built environment.

Aberdeen City Heritage Trust

Is your building ready for Winter? Find out more about organising regular maintenance and the support work of Under One Roof.

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It can be difficult to organise on-going repair to traditionally constructed granite buildings. Where several people are responsible for a tenement it can be even more daunting. It's important to know who is responsible for what work , what to look for and when to get the professionals in.If you own or manage a traditionally constructed granite walled property in Aberdeen, are a building professional or factor property, why not come along and find out more building maintenance needs, how your building can operate at it most efficient and how to avoid costly repair work accumulating.Presentations will be given by Mike Heffron CEO of Under One Roof and Craig Wilson of Aberdeen City Heritage Trust. Outline to the evening: <ul><li>7.00pm- Welcome</li><li>7.10pm- Organising Common Repairs- Mike Heffron</li><li>7.40pm- Maintenance and Repair- Aberdeen- Craig Wilson</li><li>8.10pm- Break</li><li>8.20pm- Improving your property- options- Mike Heffron</li><li>8.45pm- Q&A</li><li>9.00pm- Finish</li></ul>For a fuller experience join us and learn how to "read" buildings in our Heritage and Maintenance Walk for an hour on Saturday 2 December 2023 starting in the Castlegate at 09:30 For further information and to book your free place see <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/755529317527?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/755529317527?aff=oddtdtcreator">Eventbrite</a>.About our speakers:Mike Heffron was the first employee hired by the Under One Roof Board following its founding as a charity in 2020. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the organisation as well as finance, fundraising, and team leadership. Mike moved from his home in the United States to attend Edinburgh Napier University in 2004, where he graduated with a Masters in Journalism.<a href="https://underoneroof.scot/" title="https://underoneroof.scot/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Under One Roof</a> provides support for tenement owners across Scotland with a focus on building maintenance, tenement management and retrofit.Craig Wilson is a Building Surveying lecturer at Robert Gordon University covering, amongst other areas, building pathology. He has been a trustee on the Board of heritage bodies in the North of England and Scotland, was formerly a Scottish committee member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and is Chair of Aberdeen City Heritage Trust.<a href="https://www.aberdeenheritage.org.uk/" title="https://www.aberdeenheritage.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aberdeen City Heritage Trust</a> is approaching its twentieth anniversary in 2024. Since 2005 it has supported repair of 265 traditionally constructed buildings.Aberdeen City Heritage Trust recognises the support of Historic Environment ScotlandThis event may be subject to change, postponement or cancellation.

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