Applied Preservation Technologies (APT)
Limited consideration of cultural resources during project planning and permitting has resulted in the destruction of our collective history, a weakening of our sense of community, and costly project delays. Cultural resources include archaeological sites, historic buildings, traditional cultural properties, historic districts, and other places of cultural importance.
APT: Real Impacts to People and Projects
Regulators responsible for protecting cultural resources who are without an adequate administrative review process are vulnerable to violating federal, tribal, state, and local regulations and facing criminal and/or civil penaltiesNative American communities responsible for safeguarding their cultural resources are often ignored during the development process resulting in inadequate protectionsDevelopers responsible for considering project impacts face costly delays and unforeseen expenses when cultural resources are encountered during project construction instead of during permit review
APT Mission Statement
APT promotes the application of sound management principles during all phases of development so that effects on cultural resources are addressed. This type of planning supports socially responsible development and healthy communities.
APT’s Innovative Approach
- Create partnerships between the diverse interest groups (government agencies, Tribal governments, developers, and cultural resource professionals) engaged in or affected by the intersection between cultural resource management and project planning/permitting
- Assist regulators in developing and implementing improved permit review processes so they can better consider impacts to cultural resources
- Assist Native American communities in effectively participating in planning/permitting
- Assist developers in designing projects that comply with cultural resource regulations and appropriately protect our communities’ cultural resources
- Provide project management linking professional cultural resource assessments to sound management decisions that fulfill public policy
- Design and implement educational programs that increase awareness of the importance of responsible cultural resource management and its role in strengthening communities
APT Offers:
Cultural resource management consulting services for regulators, government agencies, tribal governments, developers, and cultural resource professionals
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Educational programs illustrating the link between effective cultural resource management and strong communities
APT’s Recent Successes
- Collaborated on 27 projects with Native American communities, government agencies, developers, engineers, private citizens, and planning consultants to protect finite and irreplaceable cultural resources. Through APT’s educational and outreach efforts, we have reached over 10,000 people and 200 organizations
- Partnered with tribal leaders and developers to sponsor Washington State’s first Cultural Resource Planning Summit in September 2008 and bring awareness to the importance of effective cultural resource planning in creating and sustaining healthy communities. The theme of the Summit was Preserve the Past, Practice in the Present: Defining Collaborative Cultural Resource Planning in the 21st Century. APT’s goal in hosting the 2008 and future Summits is to promote collaborative cultural resource planning as an effective means of finding resolution to cultural resource issues before they escalate into emotionally-charged, divisive, and expensive stalemates or lawsuits. To view the Summit Agenda click here.
- Created a report entitled Report of Findings and Recommendations for the Protection of Washington State’s Graves and Cemeteries for the State Legislature’s consideration. The report contributed to the drafting of House Bill 2624, or the Human Remains Bill, effective June 12, 2008
- Donated over $35,000 in services and financial support to preservation organizations