Diagnosis and control of pathology of wood used in the Alahambra Palace, Santiago de Chile

IRG/WP 15-40711

J Poblete Escanilla, P Astaburuaga Merino

In 2008, the National Monuments Council, invites bids for the work control termite infestation in the Alhambra Palace, located in Santiago. As part of this service our company decides to make a pathological diagnosis to allow us to make the minimum of damage to the building but maximum control first. The collection of information in the field, the use of advanced technologies and our experience and knowledge, allowed us to successfully perform this purpose because they fail to understand the pathological genesis present, based on which we could implement a program of Integrated Management plague, initially based on proper use of chemicals with different modes of action, but as strategically located within the diagnosis. We accomplished superior control 95% of the pest from 6 months of applying the treatments, which remained until 2014, during the last inspection visit to the Alhambra Palace. Making small interventions focused retreat at the end of 2009 and 2011. To date our companies have made about 50 pathological diagnoses in heritage buildings in Chile, several of which have also performed control treatments successfully in each of the cases. Including the 16 Churches of ChiloƩ declared World Heritage Site.


Keywords: monument, termite, diagnosis, pathology, wood, technologies, infrared

Conference: 15-05-10/14 Vina del Mar, Chile


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