Having a low profile, professionally speaking  -- as compared with , say,
architects -- may help some conservators with better insurance rates. But it
may not help our practice, or the buildings we serve... in the long run.

Having certification? We hardly have standards we can refer to! In
thirty-something years, APT has not come up with anything to refer to, and I
don't see any committee (http://www.apti.org/cmte.html) representing the
cause. The best stuff out there seems to be AIC's code of Ethics and
Guideline for Practice (http://aic.stanford.edu/pubs/ethics.html).

Indeed, it seems to be time to bring up the subject. The last time I gave it
any consideration, in 1986 in "Are architecural conservators worth their
salt?" (http://gamma.rwu.edu/users/pcm/pub/salt.html), I was digging up
references from the late 70s and early 80s.

Who knows of recent work?

Philip

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