Alice Custance-Baker Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, California, United States

Pasadena, California, United States

Pasadena, California, United States

Usa

Pasadena, California, United States

Project-based technical building preservation work.

Greater Los Angeles Area

▪ Site work including condition assessment surveys, materials sampling, andworking with contractors to direct conservation work mockups and repairs to historic buildings.▪ Production of Construction Documents.▪ Coordinator of the in-house Preservation Technology Studio.▪ Qualified as boom lift operator for undertaking building condition assessments.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Co-authorship of publication 'Conserving Concrete Heritage: An Annotated Bibliography'.• Authorship of report documenting an experts’ meeting on concrete conservation.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Led project team documenting 1000+ ‘architectural fragments’ of the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, followed by detailed archival research, receiving excellent personal feedback from the client Glasgow Museums.• Undertook practical conservation works to several high profile Listed (protected) historic structures including Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian (15th century), Argyll Mausoleum Artifacts, Argyll (17th-19th century), Tay Mills, Dundee (19th century), St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh (14th century).• Undertook detailed condition surveys followed by production of condition assessment reports including recommendations for conservation works of several high profile Listed (protected) historic structures (project names not included for client confidentiality).• Initiation and production of a quarterly newsletter.• Co-organization (with Dr. Peter Burman) of highly successful three-part seminar series.(working remotely and part-time March - November 2014)

Fife

• Unique position in company analyzing historic and modern building materials, predominantly lime and cement mortar, and stone. Followed by provision of technical advice and guidance for clients.• Developing the laboratory education program to provide lectures and demonstrations as part of the Traditional Building Skills Training Program.• Initiation and management of laboratory volunteer program to enable expansion and development of the ‘Aggregates Database’; a resource enabling sourcing and matching of historic sands and aggregates for conservation work. • Initiation and project management of rebranding and new website project.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Data collection and organisation for a review of the Building Preservation Trust movement in Scotland funded by Historic Scotland, Architectural Heritage Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund.• Amalgamation of data for Alba Conservation Trust, Cockburn Conservation Trust and Scottish Historic Buildings Trust for the Building Preservation Trust review.• Assisting Project Officers with Feasibility Reports and research.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Assisting on site visits for stone condition surveying and sampling;• Conservation geological field work including historic quarry investigations;• Sample preparation, hand specimen and petrographic analysis for stone matching;• Research for and authorship of publications;• Assisting with the organisation of a UK Building Stone Symposium.

Master Of Science By Research (Mscr), Geology/Stone Conservation, Distinction

• Thesis: An investigation into the effects of the coating product ‘Linostone’ on sandstone buildings and techniques for its safe removal..

Uk Representative, 17Th International Course On Stone Conservation, Certificate Of Completion

• Selected for attendance as the UK representative. • Attendance grant funded. • Personal course blog: scottishlimecentre.blogspot.com.

Bachelor Of Science With Honours (Bsc Hons), Geology

Activities and Societies: Lecture Convenor for University Geological Society