ARG/CS has the equipment, experience, and skills necessary to inspect, analyze, and prepare detailed conservation recommendations for a wide range of historic materials and finishes. In the laboratory we are able to conduct chemical microscopic analyses of existing materials such as stone, mortars, woods, paints, and special finishes. Our materials conservation work is integrated from the beginning of a project in order to address all of the important issues involved in the maintenance and repair of a historic structure.

Our firm has served as the prime consultant for numerous conservation studies and analyses for significant concrete, wood-frame, stone, adobe, and masonry structures. Our conservators have the professional training and experience to assess historic materials, take samples, and evaluate them in our in-house laboratory. The firm owns and operates diagnostic equipment for use in evaluation of all types of materials. Our ability to conduct this work in-house translates into saved costs and a depth of unparalleled expertise in historic materials.