Daily Archives: 16/06/2021

IHBC’s new CPD Circular School Edition update: Lord Kerslake welcomes; School sponsors MFL Affinity takes MarketPlace Stall, and much more!

The IHBC has issued an update of the School edition of the CPD Circular, with new details including the virtual Brighton School’s Principal Sponsors MFL Affinity’s MarketPlace stall and a welcome from Lord Kerslake, CPP APPG Vice Chair, alongside guidance … Continue reading

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‘Single Seminar’ options at 17 June School @ £10+VAT: Asset management OR Retrofit OR 21st Century education & training OR Communities and Campaigning!

General practitioners can now book ‘Single Seminar’ delegate options to access new insights into key practice areas covered at the IHBC’s Brighton School on 17 June, for only £10+VAT.

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IHBC’s heritage from Design to Economics, from £30+VAT: Jan Gehl (Design) + Donovan Rypkema (Economics) + High Streets + Lottery + Local listing + Participation – Book now and ask questions early!

Titles have been confirmed for the talks at the IHBC’s Day School sessions on 18 June, while delegates can shape discussions by submitting their questions HERE.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: News selection form IHBC virtual 2021 School MarketPlace Stallholder Designing Buildings Wiki

The 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 a news selection from Designing Buildings Wiki, IHBC’s virtual … Continue reading

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IHBC’s features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Video marks end of Inverness Townscape Heritage Project

Inverness Townscape Heritage Project (ITHP) has released a video to mark the end of the project, which saw £1.75 million in grant funding awarded since it began in September 2015, reports Scottish Construction Now. image: ITHP

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RTPI announces launch of new network for politicians involved in planning

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is delighted to announce the launch of a new network to bring together politicians involved in planning and planning decisions. The RTPI’s Politicians in Planning Network will enable local authority and parliamentary politicians across … Continue reading

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Design Council: Using design as a force for change

The Design Council is keen to show the power of design and how it impacts three key areas of the economy: business innovation, places and public services.

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CITB on Levy Proposals and Consultation

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) announced in summer 2020 that the Consensus process would be suspended, and that Government would legislate to secure the CITB Levy for 2021/22, allowing CITB to focus on supporting employers’ immediate skills needs through … Continue reading

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BSI: New competence standards for work in buildings

A new set of competence criteria for everyone working on a building has been published by UK national standards body, BSI. image: for illustration purposes only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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Government urged to support creation of thousands of new green jobs in areas with greatest employment challenges

Green Alliance research has found that more than 16,000 new jobs can be created through coastal restoration, tree planting and urban green spaces across areas with the greatest employment challenges, particularly in the ‘Red Wall’, with more green jobs across … Continue reading

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IHBC Signpost: Leonardo da Vinci Designs the Ideal City: See 3D Models of His Radical Design

The roots of the discipline we call urbanism run all the way back to the 15th century when, early in the European Renaissance, thinkers were reconsidering a host of conditions taken for granted in the medieval period, but few figures … Continue reading

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