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- IHBC applauds North Branch and RTPI NE partnership ‘Joint Summer CPD event’: 5 June, from only £40, inc. lunch etc. 26/03/2024
- TIME IS RUNNING OUT: But bursaries are still open for CPD on finance to law at #IHBCReading2024 – ‘Submit by 31/03 to be first on the list!’ 26/03/2024
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024 26/03/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: HESPR member update for #IHBCReading2024 – FREE webinar ‘Six simple steps to social media’, for IHBC’s 2024 School 26/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (skateboard) park’: Livingston Skatepark is now officially a listed structure! 26/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic Welsh pub to reopen, with urinal, after rebuild 10 miles down the road 26/03/2024
- Lord Parkinson’s speech at Heritage Day, hosted by The Heritage Alliance 26/03/2024
- Changes to various permitted development rights in England: to 09/04 26/03/2024
- An accelerated planning system in England: Consultation on new application route, charges, expanding appeals & more, to 01/05 26/03/2024
- Stonehenge tunnel Campaigners lose High Court challenge 26/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global (and local) doorstep’: Immersive exhibition on Notre Dame de Paris at Westminster Abbey to 01/06 26/03/2024
- IHBC welcomes MFL as Principal Sponsor for 2024 Reading Annual School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT (online Day School & recording) 22/03/2024
- IHBC highlights CMA finding of ‘fundamental concerns in GB housebuilding market’… ‘under-resourced planning depts’ & ‘privatisation of public amenities’ etc. 22/03/2024
- IHBC welcomes South-East Branch Day School and AGM 2024: ‘Levelling Up our World Heritage’ Canterbury, 26/04, from £35 22/03/2024
- TIME IS RUNNING OUT: But bursaries are still open for CPD on finance to law at #IHBCReading2024 – ‘Submit by 31/03 to be first on the list!’ 22/03/2024
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC seeks nominations for Marsh Awards 2024: ‘Retired IHBC Members’ and/or ‘Successful Learners’ – Closing 31 March 2024 22/03/2024
- IHBC’s EDI signpost for Women’s History Month: The women who shaped British modernism… from Context and the ‘People Wiki’ 22/03/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £900K+ works this week: DC seeks landscape architect/urban designer for street projects, to 16/04 22/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Group wants to save ‘fortified brutalism’ on Conwy’s skyline that others call a ‘carbuncle’ 22/03/2024
- Scope and options tabled for delivery of Palace of Westminster restoration: More time needed so next government decides… 22/03/2024
- RICS launches pioneering new standard on retrofitting practices across the UK 22/03/2024
- Scotland’s Climate Change Committee: 2030 climate goals are no longer credible 22/03/2024
- Ecclesiastical’s 2023 Heritage Heroes announced 22/03/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Charter report on ‘…innovative/emerging cultural heritage education & training…’ 22/03/2024
- IHBC’s December CONTEXT now online, on ‘Buildings in the countryside’: Vernacular survivals; Rural buildings at risk; Tithe barn meanings, Urban fringes and even Zen! 19/03/2024
Daily Archives: 28/07/2020
IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School twitter insights from #IHBCVirtualSchool2020: 1M+ users; 359 tweets; 90 contributors + sponsor HCUK Group’s showcase
Alison McCandlish was the IHBC’s social media support at the IHBC’s 2020 Virtual School, and here she explores the parallel and overlapping public twitter experience, at #IHBCVirtualSchool2020, which boasted an ‘overall reach of… over 1 million users, with 359 tweets… … Continue reading
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IHBC says ‘Pass the word on’: Chair sought for England’s Historic Environment Forum, nominations close 4 Sept
England’s collaborative network the Historic Environment Forum (HEF) is looking for an experienced chair to promote collaboration across the historic environment sector and lead on the transition to a new governance model, and the IHBC is encouraging members and colleagues … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick of the week: Futurism, manifest in the ‘70s!
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, including notices gleaned from across the development sector’s … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park set for a new community café after NLHF support
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has awarded local charity Age UK Sheffield £581K to restore the derelict Grade II Listed Old Coach House building, next to Hillsborough Library reports Sheffield Newsroom.
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Scotland’s Town Partnership and 360 Architecture launch‘A Vision for High Street Regeneration’
‘A vision for High Street regeneration’ is being promoted as guidance for the central and local government custodians of town centres, to help achieve ‘a co-ordinated vision that re-connects whole communities to their reinvigorated and vibrant town centres.
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Historic Houses: New survey reveals how independent heritage adapts to survive pandemic
A new survey from Historic Houses reveals that the COVID-19 lockdown has had a significant impact on independent historic house visitor attractions.
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Where are we on Britain’s underground asset register?
The UK’s Geospatial Commission has successfully piloted a national underground asset register to improve how civil engineers share data about buried infrastructure, and Neil Brammall, CEO of Utility Survey Exchange Ltd and Holger Kessler, Geoscience Technical Advisor, Geospatial Commission, brings … Continue reading
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Construction industry’s new ‘drive to shift construction to value-based decisions’
A new definition of value has been devised by professional bodies from across the construction industry which they hope will drive a transformation in the way decisions are made across the sector.
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Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings(CEEB): ‘financing net-zero carbon and climate-resilient buildings’
The Green Finance Institute has announced the formation of the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (CEEB), which aims to develop the market for financing net-zero carbon and climate-resilient buildings in the UK by accelerating the pace of financial … Continue reading
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From the Ground Up – Improving the Delivery of Social Value in Construction
The Institute of Economic Development (IED) has published its report ‘From the Ground Up -Improving the Delivery of Social Value in Construction’, arguing that construction spend must deliver social value.
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Final deadline for North of England cultural heritage business support programme: 3 August
Applications will close on 3 August for the final edition of Prosper North, Creative United’s business support programme dedicated to cultural heritage organisations in the North of England.
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New expert trustees for London Historic Buildings Trust help expand horizons
London Historic Buildings Trust (LHBT) – the London-wide building preservation trust – has appointed five new trustees and created two Vice Chairs to its board to help it achieve its ambitious new strategy.
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BIM Academy: We need accreditation to drive collaboration
BIM is a concept that is easy to grasp at the highest level – its potential is boundless, but its execution requires rigour and consistency – and that’s why standards are so crucial, argues Peter Barker, managing director of BIM … Continue reading
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Boulouki, Greece’s ‘Itinerant Workshop for Traditional Building Techniques’, seeks funding support
Boulouki, the ‘Itinerant Workshop for the Traditional Building Techniques’, which is dedicated to developing good practices for the safeguarding and dissemination of traditional knowledge cultural heritage in remote areas of Greece, is undertaking a fundraising programme.
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