Building assessment and advice.

The best reason for building assessment is concern with the possible dangers that emanate from a building which is not conform to preservation purposes.

Other instances in which building assessment is requested by the people responsible is when some structural or technical malfunction occurs, such as a leak in the roof, overflowing of sewers, etcŠ

Building assessment can be initiated as a separate initiative, without assessment of the physical condition of the collections. It will however always be integrated, when a Global Survey is being requested.

A building assessment takes in account

Gathering of information is based on

One of the conclusions of this assessment can be that the library or archive building in which the collections are stored, show structural or technical shortcomings which can endanger the collection it houses.

Based on this assessment, advice is given concerning

For some reasons it can be possible that renovating the building is out of the question. One could consider then to erect a new building.

Sometimes it is not possible to make major changes to a building because it is historical or for some other reason. In that case a comprise can mostly be worked out, which may not be ideal but which minimizes dangers to the collection as much as possible

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Knowledge of materials and preservation become more and more important in managing these collections which will always be indispensable to human evolution, knowledge and creativity.