[MassHistPres] Fwd: Boston Area Construction History Group -- Meeting Announcement

[Dennis De Witt]

I have been asked to forward the following notice.

Dennis De Witt

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> (And please forward this to anyone you think would be interested!)
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> Boston Area Construction History Group
> Organizing Meeting and Program
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> Date:               Tuesday, 21 July 2009
> Time:               6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
> Location:         Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 7-431,  
> Cambridge (The AVT;
> http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?zoom=level3;centerx=709690;centery=495520)*
> Questions?      Contact Sara Wermiel, swermiel at mit.edu
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> Agenda
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> 6:00-6:10         Welcome and introductions
> 6:10-6:40         Presentation, “California Concrete: the beginnings  
> of reinforced concrete construction in the United States,  
> 1876-1906,” Sara Wermiel
> 6:40-7:00         Summary and discussion of the Construction History  
> Congress meeting in Germany, May 2009; activities of Construction  
> History Society of America; plans for holding the CHC in Chicago,  
> 2015: Brian Bowen and John Ochsendorf
> 7:00-8:00         Planning session
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> The purpose of this meeting is to explore whether there is interest  
> in establishing a Boston area construction history group.  It will  
> include a talk presented at the recent Construction History  
> Congress, as an example of research in this field. Brian Bowen,  
> Professor of Practice, College of Architecture, Georgia Tech and a  
> leading organizer of the Construction History Society of America,  
> will summarize the Congress, and activities and plans of CHSA. John  
> Ochsendorf, Assoc. Professor, Building Technology, MIT, will talk  
> about the Construction History Congress and plans for a Chicago  
> Congress. Then the meeting will open for a discussion of what kind  
> of group might be established in the Boston area for construction  
> history. Questions to address include: what should be the content of  
> the meetings (papers, work in progress, research notes?); how often  
> to meet, where, when, and for how long; what sorts of tasks need  
> doing and who will do them?
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> Everyone interested in construction history is invited to attend.
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> What is construction history? Construction history deals with the  
> many dimensions of the development of buildings and structures, not  
> only the physical results (the artifacts), but also the processes  
> involved in their creation. These can be the more obvious processes  
> like structural and architectural design, but also, for example, the  
> processes of contracting and construction finance; building,  
> including building methods, materials, and equipment; building and  
> safety regulation; invention, standards setting, and testing  
> processes. Indeed the field is new and now taking shape, and what it  
> becomes depends on what directions people today take it.
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> Bring a sandwich if you like; this will be an informal session.
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> * Building 7 is 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, the domed  
> building; room 7-431 is located at the Mass. Ave. side of the  
> building. Public transit: the Route 1 bus stops in front of 77  
> Massachusetts Ave. The Kendall Square Red Line subway stop is at the  
> opposite end of the campus (see the campus map, link above).  Street  
> parking is limited but exists.
>

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