Plenary Meeting in Rethymno

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The Rethymno plenary meeting (Crete, Greece) Venue: IMS–FORTH premises Date: 18-19-20 July 2017 Very successful meeting with a huge presence of all the Partners! The first meeting with HERACLES project The wonderful meeting room of the IMS–FORTH venue The stakeholder meeting during a parallel session

WP2 and D.2.1: State of the art policies on government of Cultural Heritage against natural disasters and climate changes

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WP2’s main objective is to develop a set of recommendations, in the form of policies and procedures, aimed at supporting the government bodies responsible for cultural heritage, managing natural disasters and climate change that threaten cultural assets. This WP is led by DGPC and receives contributions from other STORM partners, more precisely SS-COL, UNITUS, CNVVF, Mellor, USAL, NCRS, TRO, DGPC, …

UK site updates – changes to dashboard & new technology

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The amount of technology being deployed in Mellor (UK) is growing. One of the UK partners, Mellor Archaeological Trust, has recently purchased a second drone (Inspire 1) with a camera for aerial photography. For sensors installed in Mellor, Sparta has purchased waterproof cases to increase their efficiency and improve connection. Sparta has also made some improvements and updates to the dashboard. …

Aarchaeology blog 2: Weather Stations and Data collection at Mellor

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In December 2016 and January 2017 the UK Partners set up weather stations at the three key sites within Mellor; the Bronze Age Shaw Cairn, the Iron and Roman site of the Mellor Hillfort and the industrial site of Mellor Mill. This was part of the development stage of testing a variety of sensor types in different geographical locations that …

La Venaria Reale event: Climate change effects mitigation what could be the role of Restorers and Conservators: The STORM project contribution

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This is a remind for the event planned in La Venaria Reale (Turin – Italy) to introduce the project to Institutions, Professionals, Teachers and Students. The event is open and free. The event will take place in La Venaria Reale, close to Turin in Italy hosted by Centro Restauro Venaria, May the 26th 2017 in the morning. The main target of this …

Climate change effects mitigation what could be the role of Restorers and Conservators: The STORM project contribution

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The event will take place in La Venaria Reale, close to Turin in Italy hosted by Centro Restauro Venaria, May the 26th 2017 in the morning. The main target of this event will be to inform University of Turin, SISCOR Students, Professors and Professionals collaborating on the Turin territory about objectives, methodologies and related technologies going to be applied in the …

Participation of DGPC in the International Conference “Cultural Heritage: Disaster: Preparedness, Response and Recovery”

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On November 3rd and 4th 2016, STORM, through the DGPC, attended the International Conference “Cultural Heritage: Disaster Prevention, Response and Recovery” that took place in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and was organized in cooperation with the National Coach Museum. The Conference aimed to promote the debate and the sharing of experiences about the current situation regarding prevention policies for the protection …

STORM and Historic England met in London

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  On Monday April the 10th, the second meeting with Historic England took place in London. The main objective of the meeting was to inform Mrs Hannah Fluck about project progresses and to plan a possible participation to workshops where specific themes could be addressed. The first idea is to organise one of them in Mellor where involve all potential …

Prof. De Caro (ICCROM) interviewed by project team

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Last March the 27th in Rome during the general assembly of H2020 STORM project, Prof. Stefano De Caro, managing director of ICCROM has been interviewed by the project team. He focused very important priorities in the training needs for people dealing with emergencies and also emphasised the added values new technologies could bring to disasters management. See the entire interview …

Testing a low cost UAV to check the situation of a wall after a storm

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After a storm in Santa Severa (close to Rome in Italy), a test has been done to check how a low cost UAV (Dij Phantom3 standard), could provide an overall view of existing possible damages affecting the castle wall. The resolution used was not very high (HD), but results achieved are usable for a quick analysis to decide if apply deeper …