RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

ARTISTIC HERITAGE

• Study, analysis and diagnosis of pathologies.
• Comprehensive conservation treatments.
• Technical consulting and project management.
• Preventive conservation analysis and design.
• Consulting on ethical guidelines in conservation and restoration treatment.
• This category includes:
  • Mural paintings
  • Easel paintings and panel paintings
  • Sculpture and ornaments
  • Gilt and polychromed objects
  • Other ethnographic and artistic objects: ceramic, glass, mosaic, metal, bone, ivory, etc. Historic furniture
  • Artworks and documents on paper: prints, drawings, maps, poster, written documents, printed documents, etc.
  • Textiles: religious garments, folkloric garments, tapestries, flags, penchants, etc.
  • Conservation and restoration of contemporary art

BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

• Preliminary studies: historic studies, cross-sectional analysis, analysis of materials and techniques, analysis of material pathologies, structural analysis, etc.
• Technical consulting and support: project planning and management.
• Economic, social and technical sustainable planning.
• Cataloguing of heritage property and sites.
• Special conservation planning.
• This category includes:
  • Monuments
  • Historical sites
  • Rural heritage
  • Landscapes
  • Urban heritage
  • industrial buildings
  • Archaeological sites
  • Military buildings
  • Folkloric buildings
  • Historic gardens

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Heritage and development cooperation

• Sustainable heritage management as a social development tool.

Underwater archaeological heritage

• Conservation projects of underwater archaeological heritage.

Immaterial heritage

• Projects for the valuation and dissemination of immaterial cultural heritage.

Museological projects

• Design of exhibition rooms and sites.

Cartographic and Geographic Information Systems (CARTOSIG)

• Geographic Information Systems (SIG). Virtual cataloguing of cultural heritage and tourism in geo-referencing databases. Local management using SIG. Incorporating heritage into a mapping database (IDE).

• Standard and custom cartography; Internet publishing.

HISTORICAL STUDY AND RESEARCH

Historical and archaeological studies

• Historical and archaeological studies for cultural heritage conservation.

Dating and valuation of artworks

• Dating of artworks.

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS

Physical and chemical and environmental analysis of artworks

• Physical and chemical study of artworks´ materials by modern analysis techniques: optical microscopy with image analysis system, gas chromatography with mass spectrometer and pyrolysis system, High-performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), UV-Vis spectrophotometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), FTIR pyrolisis; SEM/EDX, Cryo SEM/EDX and Atomic Force Microscope (SCME, UPV); XRD, XRF, GC-FID, IR microscopy (SCAI. UV. EG.); continuous monitoring systems and SO2, NOx, CO2 and O3 gas analysis.

• Measuring and monitoring atmospheric pollutants which affects on the artworks.

Stone materials analysis

• Diagnosis and characterization of stone materials.

• Evaluation and testing of new products and systems for stone materials conservation.

Biodeterioration study

• Biodeterioration study of cultural heritage: diagnosis, characterization and evaluation of pathologies.

Graphic and documentary recording

• Graphic documentation of cultural heritage conservation treatments using modern recording techniques: photographic, radiographic and reflectographic study and analysis.

Colorimetric analysis of artistic heritage

• Colorimetric analysis and study for artistic heritage conservation.

Colorimetric analysis of architectural heritage

• Preliminary studies and analysis of colour in historic buildings: definition of chromatic parameters and architectural typologies.

• Consulting services for the colour protection in the architectural heritage.

• Regulations and planning for colour preservation in historic urban environments.

Photogrammetric study

• Photogrammetry consulting for historic architectural heritage: digital mapping, topographic surveying, volumetric surveying, etc.

Non-destructive exam techniques

• Study, analysis and diagnosis of pathologies of the historic architectural heritage by means of non-destructive advanced exam techniques: endoscopic video system, thermographic camera and ground-penetrating radar (GPR).

Wood analysis in the architectural heritage

• Assessment of visible and hidden wood degradation.

• Microscopic wood identification.

• Dating of wooden objects by dendrochronological analysis.