Kuala Lumpur, 7th September 2024 – Mr Ong Siew Wei of Structural Repairs (M) Sdn Bhd was invited by PAM President and PAM Human Settlement, Heritage and Conservation Committee (HHC) to present about the case studies of Restoration of Shanghai Plaster Finish for Historic Building in Singapore which have been completed by Structural Repairs (M) Sdn Bhd throughout the years.
Timeline
Case Study of Restoration of Shanghai Plaster Finish For Former Ministry of Labour Building in Singapore
i. History of Former Ministry of Labour Building
ii. Restoration procedure
iii. Methods of restoration
a. Techniques of paint removal/surface preparation
b. Restoration of wrongful patched Shanghai plaster
DIFFERENT PATCHES OF SHANGHAI PLASTER
MAPPING OF SHANGHAI PLASTER WITH DIFFERENT PATCHES
c. Restoration of delamination
MAPPING OF DELAMINATED SHANGHAI PLASTER
METHOD OF RESTORATION OF DELAMINATION
d. Restoration of crack
MAPPING OF CRACK LINE
CRACK TREATMENT ON SHANGHAI PLASTER
Key Takeaways
Heritage is a piece of our past that has been saved for the present and will be passed on to succeeding generations. Heritage is thought of as knowledge that is defined within social, political, and cultural context and is conceived as the meanings associated to the past in the present. An individual community’s cultural identity and heritage are symbolised by old and historic buildings.
- Every conservation building is unique regardless of similarity in materials, age
and design. Thus, explicit restoration procedure is necessary for every
restoration work to ensure the requirement or design intent is met. - Conservation works of all forms and significant scales should be properly
documented and archived for future reference and development. - This restoration procedure / method is just a guideline and not a standard and
should be reviewed and improved to suite the site condition and requirement. - To achieve maximum retention and minimum intervention to the historic
building
We at Structural Repairs (M) Sdn. Bhd. are professional and competent technical specialist contractor will ensure the efforts of heritage conservation in Malaysia will be successful.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require more information. Our team will be happy and glad to assist you.
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