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- IHBC’s next OPEN & FREE ‘Management’ CPD Pre-School webinars for #IHBCReading2024 School theme, ‘Place & Building Care…’: ‘Enforcement’ (03/05) and ‘Munstead Wood’ estate (16/05) 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: ICE advice for engineers to close the gender pay gap following on RAE research 19/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 19/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 19/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £112K+ works this week: Heritage team seeks engineering services for canal restoration, £70K, to 10/05 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Claim – Torbay’s planning rules are being flouted due to lack of enforcement 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for £65m University Centre Blackpool set for decision 19/04/2024
- Copenhagen and Paris mayors discuss lessons learned after fires wreck landmarks 19/04/2024
- Joint statement on England’s Natural and Historic Environment published by NE, HE and Lottery: ‘Integrating the Management of the Natural and Historic Environment’ 19/04/2024
- Architects etc. – Professional Practical Experience Commission – Call for evidence, to 24/04 19/04/2024
- Office for Place Update: Free Places at 2024 Design Code Schools for LPA officers 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Architecture Prize Philippe Rotthier 2024, closing 30/04. 19/04/2024
- IHBC welcomes formal signing by IHBC Chair and ICOMOS-UK President of new MOU, securing ‘closer ties and cooperation’ 17/04/2024
- Missed #IHBCReading2024 School webinar on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038…’, co-hosted by Fit for the Future? Just catch it free on IHBC’s Youtube channel… 17/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 17/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 17/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘world’s first full-scale commercial nuclear power station’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’, for #IHBCReading2024 too: Go for £9.5M revamp of Brutalist Reading Hexagon Theatre 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Activists occupy house set for demolition by ‘not-for-profit’ housing association 17/04/2024
- CIC: Government must make up for lost time with an improved plan for healthier, climate resilient homes and buildings 17/04/2024
- York Minster receives generous donation towards new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Skills and Estate Management 17/04/2024
- Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England to benefit from £33 million boost 17/04/2024
- APPAG Inquiry on Archaeology and Metal-detecting in England launched 17/04/2024
Monthly Archives: September 2021
REMINDER – New IHBC ‘CPD Priority’ programme virtual event: Ian Hume on ‘Conservation Engineering’, 28-29 September, from £20 for members, with bursaries too!
A new on-line IHBC ‘CPD Priority programme’ event on ‘Conservation Engineering’ with Ian Hume is planned for 28-29 September, with fees from £20.
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IHBC’s CPD signpost from URBACT: Governing commons, is it even possible?
Four URBACT cities share experiences in commons governance, looking at what mechanisms help city authorities work better with communities: Amsterdam Gda?sk Naples Turin. image: URBACT website
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: HESPR DSA on Urban Vision’s ‘Town and Parish Council Planning Service’
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 in-house HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ our HESPR DSA Dave … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Newark MP Robert Jenrick removed in cabinet reshuffle
NottinghamshireLive has reported on how the Newark MP Robert Jenrick has been removed as Housing Secretary in the recent cabinet reshuffle. image: for illustration purposes only – Open government Licence v3.0
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AHF’s EDI commitments: So ‘historic buildings.. evolve and be places that still matter to us’
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has published its ‘commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)’… ‘To enable historic buildings to evolve and be places that still matter to us’.
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Repair plan to save Leith’s historic Victoria Swing Bridge
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Retrofit internal wall insultation: best practice
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (DBEIS) has issues guidance for designers, surveyors, project managers and installers about retrofit internal wall insulation.
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National Heritage Memorial Fund Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) have announced the publication of the 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts for the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
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LI appoints new chief executive Sue Morgan to lead the next phase of its evolution
The Landscape Institute (LI) has announced the appointment of its new permanent chief executive, Sue Morgan. image: LI website
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Winners of National Highways competition to help wipe out graffiti are revealed
Winners of National Highways competition to help wipe out graffiti have been revealed, with wall-climbing robots, acoustic sensors and laser technology among the pioneering ideas which could help write off graffiti from alongside National Highways roads in the future. image: … Continue reading
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IHBC@COP26? Because ‘Conserving our Places Conserves our Planet’ – Join IHBC’s globally accessible virtual built and historic environment ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’, #IHBCHelpdesk #CultureCOP26 – open 31/10 to 12/11
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) – the UK’s professional body for built and historic environment conservation – will host a virtual IHBC@COP26 ‘Conservation Helpdesk+’ across the COP26 programme, offering IHBC and partners’ advice and learning to the global … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards – new round launched: Win £500 and a free place on IHBC’s 2023 Annual School, just submit your built environment/heritage coursework online, closing 31/08 2022!
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it … Continue reading
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REMINDER – New IHBC ‘CPD Priority’ programme virtual event: Ian Hume on ‘Conservation Engineering’, 28-29 September, from £20 for members, with bursaries too!
A new on-line IHBC ‘CPD Priority programme’ event on ‘Conservation Engineering’ with Ian Hume is planned for 28-29 September, with fees from £20.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £25M+ costed works this week: Council seeks ‘Historic Structure Consultant’, closing 01/10 and valued up to £150K
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 a Council that seeks a Historic … Continue reading
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Cabinet Reshuffle: the new cabinet
Prime Minister Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet on Wednesday, removing several key ministers including Robert Jenrick, who co-led the recent planning proposals for England, and who is now replaced by Michael Gove. image: for illustration purposes … Continue reading
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Court of Session rules against Dundee City Council’s e-bike station planning approval
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has declared that a purported planning grant for an e-bike docking station outside a Category B listed tenement building in Dundee is ultra vires and of no effect after … Continue reading
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Historic England seeks x4 Commissioners, closing 4 October
Historic England is seeking 4 Commissioners, across specialisms that include ‘IT / Digital, Major Projects, Regulation’ and closing 4 October.
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HE on 9 sites recognised to celebrate the Festival of Britain’s 70th anniversary
Two important historic buildings have had their listings upgraded and seven others have been ‘relisted’ to mark their connection with the Festival of Britain, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this summer. image: Aerial view of the Royal Festival Hall and … Continue reading
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Support to protect Scotland’s coastlines: Coastal erosion could put £1.2bn of Scotland’s buildings and infrastructure at risk
An estimated £1.2 billion of Scotland’s buildings, transport infrastructure, cultural and natural heritage may be at risk of coastal erosion by 2050, according to new research mapping and forecasting impacts of climate change. image: for illustration purposes only by Fiona … Continue reading
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IHBC’s web resource signpost: Quick links on learning and CPD, only a click away from our Home Page
Anyone looking for conservation learning resources or guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) now has easy access to the IHBC’s help just a click from our Homepage.
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IHBC’s cross-disciplinary signpost ‘… From the factor’s doorstep’: Revised property factors’ code of conduct for Scotland
Fiona McLeod has provided Scottish Construction Now with a brief overview of the changes introduced by the Scottish Government’s revised code of conduct for property factors.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: Dezeen on ‘The Phoenix Garden’
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 Dezeen on ‘The Phoenix Garden: a green retreat in … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Royal High School Edinburgh set to become ‘world-class centre for music’
The Royal High School Preservation Trust has put forward detailed proposals to the City of Edinburgh Council for the iconic Thomas Hamilton building on Calton Hill to be restored as a ‘world-class centre for music education and public performance.’, writes … Continue reading
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MCT name change: ‘Marsh Charitable Trust’, partners in the IHBC Marsh Awards
The Marsh Charitable Trust (MCT) is the new name for the Marsh Christian Trust, lead partners in the IHBC Marsh Awards programme.
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Record 20 places bid for prestigious UK City of Culture 2025 title
A record 20 places from across the UK have put in a bid to become the UK City of Culture 2025. image: Open Government Licence v3.0
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