Demystifying Documentation Technologies (Documentation technologies: past, present and future)

WS1 - (Workshop 1) Demystifying Documentation Technologies (Documentation technologies: past, present and future)

Friday, October 2, 2020

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM MDT

CE: 12

Sponsored By:

Workshop Organizer(s)

Elisa Rubalcava Cobo

Heritage Conservation Technologist
Alberta Culture and Tourism: Historic Resources Management Branch

Workshop Presenter(s)

Julia Ausloos-Bedinger

Associate | Architect
Architectural Resources Group
John Burns, FAIA, FAPT, LEED AP
Nicholas Cargill

Engineer
Atkinson-Noland & Associates
Natalie Feinberg-Lopez
Annabel Lee Enriquez

Associate Project Specialist
Getty Conservation Institute
Christian Ouimet

Conservation Technologist
Heritage Conservation Services
Mario Santana

Associate Professor
Carleton University
Michael Schuller, PE

President
Atkinson-Noland and Associates
Hannah Simonson

Architectural Historian/Cultural Resources Planner
PAGE & TURNBULL
Zach Soflin, Registered Architect

CEO
Layer
TW

Tom Ward

Manager
Alberta Ministry of Culture
Warren Wilford

Owner
Berkshire Dimensions
Luigi Barazzetti

This 3-day course has been approved for 12.0 hours HSW.

Most of the workshop will use the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village as a virtual subject to examine the documentation technologies and methods presented. The UCHV was established in the 1970s to interpret the early Ukrainian settlements of east central Alberta, and features over 40 restored vernacular buildings.

This workshop will take place over 3 half days (approximately 4hrs per day), and will be delivered over a digital conferencing system. Participants will be introduced to the need for the recording of heritage places to inform the best conservation (preservation) approaches. Led by heritage recording specialists, a variety of documentation technologies are explored, from capturing techniques, processing of the captured data into deliverables, leveraging these products for activities such as analysis and condition assessments and dissemination methods which are especially important during this time requiring remote access to sites.

Participants will be asked to select one of 3 sessions for the Day 2 of the workshop. This will allow participants to get a broader session, and facilitate integration and exchanges with the workshop presenters. The 3 sessions will cover large to small scale surveys. For large scale surveys, participants will be exposed to commercial and open source tools. For medium size projects, the use of photography, photogrammetry and laser scanning will be covered. And for smaller scale surveys, a variety of tools will be explored from HBIM (Historic Building Information Models), condition assessments and tools that link to HBIM’s.

Day 2 Friday, October 2
10:00am - 2:00pm - Concurrent Workshop Breakout sessions
WB1 Large Scale Surveys
Leads: Annabel Lee Enriquez, Christian Ouimet

Digital survey forms, Arches Collector

UAV / Drone Arches Participants learn how Arches and can be used at a national and even international level, or in the case of this workshop, how it can be used for a smaller geographic scale at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village.
Case studies will be presented, and participants will see how the software can be customized for a specific project, and will also have the opportunity to populate the system by inserting information about the UCHV.
A working example of the Arches Collector will also be used as an option to compile information. Participants will also have the option to do this remotely using their mobile phone or tablet, simulating a real data capturing campaign.
Other App based tools: Appsheet (Hannah Simonson)

WB2 Medium Scale Survey
Leads: Christian Ouimet, Mario Santana-Quintero

Photography, including 360 photography
Laser scanning / Total Station
Photogrammetry

Laser Scanning Data
(existing examples & scans captured in summer)

Photogrammetric Data

Integration with existing laser scanning data
Metashape (participants can download trial before class)

Photographic Data
Emphasis on a simple, low-cost record, most widely used – all participants are encouraged to have their camera ready

Manipulation of RAW files
Exposure and white balance
Shadows and highlights

WB3 Small Scale Survey
(Detailed Documentation)
Historic Building Information Models (HBIM)
Lead: Julia Ausloos-Bedinger
Overview

Creating a BIM from 3D Documentation methods (Scan to BIM)
Utilizing HBIM for resource management

Conditions Survey (Julia Ausloos-Bedinger, Zach Soflin)
Collecting detailed data via various apps (Layer, FastFields, Appsheet, Bluebeam, etc.)

Facade Condition Surveys
Door/Window Surveys
Room Surveys, etc

Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)
(Natalie Feinberg Lopez, Mike Schuller, Warren Wilford)

Thermography, Radar, pXRF

Incorporating Data into BIM
(Julia Ausloos-Bedinger, Zach Soflin, Mike Schuller, Warren Wilford)

Conditions Survey Data:
Layer - Live updates
Excel to BIM
NDE Data
Incorporating Historic and past documentation into BIM

Learning Objectives:

Identify the role and need of heritage documentation in the conservation (preservation) of historic places
Evaluate and formulate an appropriate method for heritage documentation
Determine and maximize the use of existing and new heritage records
Evaluate and examine of what to specify when requesting heritage documentation
Participants will be able to assess the continuous evolution of new tools and methods