Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

To help link employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, we update IHBC NewsBlogs etc. readers on the diverse opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, as this round highlights familiar employment matters, so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ … Continue reading →

After morning welcomes and sessions that include Griff Rhys Jones (video) and more, the IHBC’s Aberdeen Day School (17/06) examines ‘old heritage’ that faces new pressures, including ‘Tools and standards’ for sustainable conservation; a ‘Masterplanning’ case study of Aberdeen’s centre, … Continue reading →

IHBC welcomes the next ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites, on April 18, and in this #IHBC25 anniversary year themed on Heritage and Climate.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s ‘double up’ pick for #IHBC25 features calls from a Borough Council (BC) for … Continue reading →

York’s Clifford’s Tower has reopened to the public for the first time since before the pandemic, reports York Press. image: for illustration purposes only – Clifford’s Tower by DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Taking the ‘right to repair’ one step further, a Viennese repair bonus is going national — and keeping thousands of items out of the junkyard.

After welcomes that include Griff Rhys Jones (video), the second session of the IHBC’s Aberdeen Day School on 17 June targets issues around ‘new heritage’: the nuclear industry; modernism and communities, and the ‘challenging’ heritage of the fossil fuel era … Continue reading →

To prep for the Aberdeen School in June, 2 free IHBC ‘pre-School’ events are on offer: Scotland Branch’s online talk by Miles Glendinning on ‘mass housing…’ on 20 April, and Day School speaker John Edwards on the IHBC Toolbox ‘Retrofit … Continue reading →

Bursaries for the Aberdeen 2022 School are still available, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, so if you think you deserve one, apply now!

The IHBC has responded to the Government Response (DEFRA) to the Glover Landscapes Review on National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), noting that in practice AONBs are not treated in the same manner as National Parks or … Continue reading →

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features  the Agora Journal’s notice on works by a HESPR member … Continue reading →

A developer has appealed the decision by Glasgow City Council to reject plans to transform the city’s landmark Lyceum Cinema into a cinema, concert hall and restaurant. image: for illustration purposes only – By Lynn M Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0, … Continue reading →

After welcomes from Griff Rhys Jones and others, the first session of the IHBC’s Day School on 17 June focusses on the IHBC’s ‘Management’ Area of Competence, with the Chief Executive (CE) of South Georgia & The South Sandwich Islands, … Continue reading →

To prep for the Aberdeen School in June, 2 free IHBC ‘pre-School’ events are on offer: Scotland Branch’s online talk by Miles Glendinning on ‘mass housing…’ on 20 April, and Day School speaker John Edwards on the IHBC Toolbox ‘Retrofit … Continue reading →

Bursaries for the Aberdeen 2022 School are still available, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, so if you think you deserve one, apply now!

The IHBC has submitted its response to the Welsh Government’s proposals for the next iteration of the Warm Homes Programme, welcoming the principle of eradicating fuel poverty but suggesting reasonable provision be made for historic and traditional buildings.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from District Councils for area assessments, closing … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s regular and free CPD Circular is out, signposting sector-wide learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including a free Aberdeen 2022 pre-School online talk by Miles Glendinning on ‘mass housing…’, on 20 April, as well as the open-access 2022 … Continue reading →

Bursaries for the Aberdeen 2022 School are still available, supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund, so if you think you deserve one, apply now!

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →

Kisa Zehra, Sustainability Analyst writes for the World Built Environment Forum has written on the theme ‘Building on net zero: From pledges to priorities in 2022’ for the World Built Environment Forum. image: for illustration purposes only

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features  the AJ on a UK ‘radical self-build experiment’.

More than 150 local residents have objected to plans by the owner of Bristol City to create a new suburb near Ashton Gate Stadium as there are concerns over the loss of a green space on the edge of the … Continue reading →

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →