Daily Archives: 02/07/2021

IHBC launches pilot ‘digital publication strategy’ for select ‘IHBC Annual Student Award research submissions – as ‘a characteristically pragmatic solution’ – & calls for feedback and proposed content

The IHBC has launched the pilot for a new resource offering digital access with search facilities to select entries to the IHBC’s celebrated Annual Gus Astley Student Award, while seeking more suggestions and offers on future content on this ‘characteristically … Continue reading

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DBW update on ‘Data sought for IHBC listed buildings prosecutions database’

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has issued a call across its immediate network of 13,000 construction practitioners for input to the IHBC listed buildings prosecutions database.

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IHBC Signpost: Digital Construction Survey 2021 BIM – Future Technology and Innovation

NBS is carrying out a survey on the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in construction to gain better understanding of digital transformation in 2021. image: for illustration purposes only

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £172K+ costed works this week: Government calls for support to include heritage impacts in economic appraisals, closing 19/07

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the Director’s pick this week features the call from a government department for … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the edge’: Albert Embankment: Government vetoes fire brigade HQ development

Plans to redevelop the former London Fire Brigade headquarters on Albert Embankment have been vetoed by the Government after a public inquiry, reports London SE1. image: Sheila Thomson from London, England, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Shock demolition of GII listed pub sparks council investigation

The Punch Bowl Inn in Hurst Green was flattened recently, with Ribble Valley Council saying they are ‘looking into it’.

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Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero launches renewable training centres

Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, officially launched nine new Renewable & Energy Efficiency Training Centres for Scotland on 24 June 2021, supported by ESP and funded by our £20million Green Economy Fund.

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HE’s Apprentice scheme to aid heritage construction opens

The Hamish Ogston Foundation and Historic England have announced a £4.325 million programme that seeks to address ‘long-term and severe’ heritage skills shortages in the construction sector.

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Background update to Liverpool’s WHS: UNESCO’s proposal

The World Heritage Committee(WHC) has recommended that Liverpool should lose its World Heritage status. image: for illustration purposes only – Dave Chetwin

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RTPI launches Digital Skills Online Survey

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is carrying out a Digital Skills Online Survey.

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New heritage toolkit to improve community input in conservation

A new toolkit for heritage professionals has been issued to help understand and assess how people and communities value and relate to Scotland’s historic environment. image: University of Stirling website

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Government considers Ireland-Wales tunnel

A government-commissioned study is considering the feasibility of a tunnel beneath the Irish sea, linking Holyhead and Dublin, a minister has confirmed.

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