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Consultation

Bathgate Burns and Mary marble sculpture Interim condition report following the cleaning.

We provide trained conservators to undertake site visits, surveys, documentation and to prepare full condition reports detailing the areas of concern and providing recommendations for conservation and restoration.

  • Consultancy, survey and feasibility studies that include comprehensive condition surveys and photographic and diagrammatic recording of the condition of the object, highlighting areas of concern.
  • Architect consultant W.R.Ainsworth OBE BArch FRIBA FRSA AABC www.ainsworthspark.com
  • Assessment of any previous treatment documentation or apparent intervention.
  • The creation of reports to document any survey, analysis or treatment undertaken, alongside any recommendations or specifications for future conservation or restoration work.
  • Initial conservation reports for applying to the War Memorials Trust for grant aid.
  • A bound copy of the report, illustrated with photographs and diagrams, is provided for the client.
  • We also provide the analysis of polychrome and associated materials through our links with Dr Brian Singer at Northumbria University.
  • Digital portable X-rays.
  • Stone analysis at British Geological Survey.
  • Photographic and drawing research at RCAHMS.
  • Thermography and associated analysis are undertaken through CMC Stirling.
  • We also have close links with Architects and Structural Engineers who provide expertise and advice in matters relating to our work.
  • Our trusted sub-contractors include conservators, stonemasons, specialist metal workers, specialist woodworkers and scaffolding companies.

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Bathgate Burns and Mary marble sculpture Interim condition report following the cleaning. Condition Survey of Canova's Three Graces, National Gallery of Scotland. Crane hoist survey of Melville Monument. ECA Themography analysis by CMC Stirling. Endoscope survey within bronze structures.
Nigg Cross-Slab talk for the unveiling 2013. RCAHMS archives canmore image of Ian Scott, Nigg Cross-slab. Survey from Crane hoist, Melville Monument. Survey of Traquair wall painting, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. War Memorial surveys.
X-ray of the foot of The Pieta plaster cast from the ECA Collection.