Ad Astra Festina Heritage Management

27/10/2014

One of the more exciting things we got to do on our latest project on Signal Hill for Table Mountain National Park was a Visual Landscape Assessment. This was absolutely necessary because the visual and heritage just tied in so closely together. Also too often when people think of impact assessment or visual impact its usually the natural environment that everybody fusses over. But clearly the city too has a skyline just as the natural topography of the Lions Rump and Lions Head. A Visual Landscape Assessment helps to guide the next phase which will have to be a full on Visual Impact Assessment.

07/08/2014

Ad Astra Festina is the Latin for 'aim for the stars'. It was the motto on my primary school's badge.

"A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars." Nelson Mandela

24/07/2014

Botswana’s Okavango Delta has become the 1000th site to be included in the list of Unesco World Heritage Site’s around the globe. According to its selection panel, Botswana’s unique inland delta is ‘an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes … h…

10/07/2014

Robben Island Garrison Church - Important piece in the People's Post inspired by Ron Viney

http://www.heritageportal.co.za/article/robben-island-garrison-church-poor-research-leads-poor-decisions -3406

22/03/2014

In September 2013 I did the condition assessment of the 'A' Section of the Maximum Security Prison on Robben Island. The foto's are just some that were taken. The condition had deteriorated significantly since the 2008 renovations had been done.

22/03/2014

Ronald

In September 2014 I was tasked to do a state of conservation report/ condition assessment of the 'A' Section in the Maximum Security Prison on Robben Island. The prison had undergone renovations in 2008. The photo is of the piping that outlines the cladding of Blue Stone, which was repaired in 2008 but clearly has fallen off by 2013. The piping speaks to the intangible workmanship of prisoners painstakingly applying and shaping the mortar mix. Unintentionally the piping also acts as a mini gutter that allows water to run off and away rather than seep in behind the cladding.

07/03/2014

Have just completed a photo and site survey of signal hill for Table Mountain National Park. The first pic is an observation post from ca. WWI. No.2 and 3 are the remains of the Port War Signalling Station during WWII

07/03/2014

Ad Astra Festina Heritage Management's cover photo

07/03/2014

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