Building Pathology Webinar

What is that? Why is it doing that? How do I make it go away? Now, take those questions and apply them to your old house or commercial building and you will get a sense of what this webinar is about. From carpenter ants to ice dams, from rotted wooden windows to delaminating sandstone foundations, Dave Mertz of Belmont College’s Building Preservation/Restoration Technology Program will identify common problems found in old buildings, discuss their causes and offer possible solutions. Be prepared for a world-tour of building problems and a few laughs along the way.
Dave’s webinar is one of a series of May webinars presented by Heritage Ohio in celebration of Preservation Month and are free and open to all. This webinar has been approved for 1 AIA HSW Continuing Education Hour.

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Presenter Bio

Professor David R Mertz continues to serve as the director of the Building Preservation/Restoration Program at Belmont College in St Clairsville, Ohio, a post he has held since the program’s inception in 1989. The Belmont Program is seen as a national model for trades-based technical education in historic preservation and has been copied across the country. Mr Mertz has been an active participant in the development of historic preservation on a local, state and national level. He served four years as Chair of the National Council for Preservation Education, the consortium of colleges and universities that offer undergraduate and graduate programs in historic preservation, and four years as Chair Emeritus. He served on the advisory board of the Preservation Leadership Institute of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the editorial board of Preservation Forum, the nation’s scholarly journal on Historic Preservation and has authored numerous articles in national publications relating to trades education. He served as a board member and vice-president for both Heritage Ohio and the Ohio Preservation Alliance, Ohio’s two state-wide preservation non-profits.  Mertz currently serves on the Board of the Preservation Trades Network and was awarded the 2014 Askins Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the Preservation Trades. He is a graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelors and masters degree in architecture and a certificate in Regional & Community Planning.   Mertz lectures frequently on building pathology and American architectural history.