Conservation Departments   Paintings & Murals Headed by Stefan Dedecek, Professional Associate, AIC. The laboratory in Oberlin Ohio is dominated by the new, spacious painting conservation studio which is equipped with an 8 x 12 foot vacuum lining table, plenty of space, and 14 ft. ceilings with skylights. While paintings of all periods receive conservation here, Stefan Dedecek, through his post-graduate training at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, prefers Old Master paintings and those generally of the 15th–17th centuries. The paintings department is also currently involved in a three-year contract with the General Services Administration (referenced above) as a subcontractor for Page Conservation, Inc. of Washington, DC. for the conservation of paintings and murals at GSA properties in seventeen midwestern states. Art & Historic Documents on Paper Headed by Gina McKay Lodge, Professional Associate, AIC. Through the training and senior-level experience of paper conservator Gina McKay Lodge, the paper conservation department is noted for its safe handling of extremely difficult treatments, particularly those involving the removals of degrading backings and the removal of stains from fine art with sensitive media. A very well equipped studio with suction table, suction disk and large sinks allow a wide variety of treatments to be performed. Monuments, Historic Fountains & Objects Headed by Thomas J. Podnar, Professional Associate, AIC. This department is currently involved in a three-year contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) providing conservation assessments, treatments, and maintenance on sculpture at federal buildings and other GSA property in all regions of GSA in the nation. The department is and has been engaged by municipalities, universities, museums, artists, and private collectors. Services from this department cover bronze and other metals, stone, cements, mortars and the technologies of fountains. Fountain engineering in a conservation context is a unique service of this department. Thomas Podnar is also a member of NACE (The National Association of Corrosion Engineers). Industrial Coatings on Metal Sculpture Headed by Robert G. Lodge, Professional Associate, AIC. This department is also involved in the above mentioned GSA sculpture contract. Many painted sculptures of the 1970's and 1980's are now in great need of repainting, especially the monumental outdoor steel sculptures of those periods. Through industry training and continuing education the laboratory offers expert industry-standard services which bring the sophisticated materials and technologies of the modern industrial coatings industry to the aid of these sculptures. Services include coatings failure analysis, specifications writing, coating application inspections, field and shop application services, and national contracting. Robert Lodge is a member of SSPC (the Society for Protective Coatings; formerly the Steel Structures Painting Council) and a member of the Construction Specifications Institute.   © 2001 McKay Lodge Inc. All rights reserved