I spent the day with some leading lights of the Property Care Association this week. The event was a meeting of the PCA examiners and markers from all sections of the PCA. This included the preservation sector for the CSRT (Certificated Surveyor in Remedial Treatments), the Structural waterproofing section CSSW (Certificated surveyor in structural waterproofing), […]
The Property Care Association conference 2015
28 Jun 15 by
I attended the Property Care Association conference last week. It was the best yet, with five speakers on a wide range of relevant preservation topics. The first was Peter Wilson of The Wood Studio The wood studio is part of the Forest products section of Edinburgh Napier University.His presentation was excellent, filled with great nuggets […]
Property Care Association membership – what drives this?
21 Jun 15 by
What drives Property Care Association membership? The Property Care Association has its roots in the old British Wood Preserving and Damp-proofing association. In fact the associations ancestry goes back over 80 years! All the history in the world won’t guarantee any organisation’s future; think Woolworths, Northern Rock and Pan Am… The last credit crunch […]
Promoting a positive health and safety culture – good for business
03 Jan 15 by
The Property Care Business and – promoting a positive health and safety culture. Health and Safety…. are you sick of it? I know that in the past, the mere mention of it, was enough to make me frown and change the subject. I viewed it with suspicion and even a bit of antagonism. […]
CSRT – Why all the fuss?
21 Dec 14 by
CSRT? Certificated Surveyor In remedial treatment. What value is there in the above qualification? Why are some questioning and attacking it’s value? Well, going by recent rants on the interweb, consumers would be forgiven for thinking that there was no value at all in these letters. However, that would be both wrong […]