Hi Tim,

Preservation might be appropriate for a museum artifact where further deterioration of that artefact is desired but there is no intention to repair, restore or use same. If the source of what is causing detrioration to an item can be halted by applying some form of protection e.g. like applying a cover to stop rain falling on a building then we would be using a preventative method and so we now need to add another word to the list - prevention.

If a building is taken apart and some of the parts are changed out with new pieces or deteriorated pieces are repaired then we have probably entered the restoration arena.

"Conservation (Adaptive reuse)" is where techniques including preservation, restoration or repair are used with the intention that the building might experience a new usefulness and an extended working life.

This new use might not be the same as the previous use but care should be taken to ensure that the origins of the building are not overly compromised and preferably that changes made are potentially reversible.

The addition of a splint floor joist or rafter enables the original item to be "preserved" in place even after its own usefulness has been compromised and facilitates the conservation of the building. This technique could be applied where a "patchwork" of repairs is to be avoided but ongoing use is required.

So the list now reads :-

Conservation, Preservation, Prevention, Restoration, Refurbishment, Repair (Fix), Replacement, Delapidate, Demolish, Salvage, Reuse, Conversion (Adaptive Reuse), Change, Alter.

Regards

Ken Hume