Daily Archives: 18/03/2022

Reminder: IHBC opens #IHBCAberdeen2022 School Booking; Hear Griff Rhys Jones (on film) and more explore ‘heritage on the edge’ with virtual and in-person options

The IHBC has opened booking for the 2022 Aberdeen School on 15 & 16-18 June, supported by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils and sponsored by MFL Affinity, and including a film featuring Griff Rhys Jones ‘in conversation’ with the IHBC at the ‘blended’ … Continue reading

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IHBC ToolBox Guidance on ‘Retrofit’: New update

The IHBC has updated its ToolBox practice Guidance Note on the Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings– first launched at one of the ‘IHBC Spotlight’ sessions at the 2019 Annual School in Nottingham – after author and IHBC Technical Panel Chair Prof. … Continue reading

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IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 – ‘Your chance to nominate retired IHBC members and/or successful learners’, closing 31 March

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading

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RIBA announces Honorary Fellows 2022: Includes James Moir IHBC, Duncan Wilson and more

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 2022 RIBA Honorary Fellowships, with a strong heritage & history showing that includes Dr James Moir IHBC, critic-historian Kenneth Frampton, and staff at bodies ranging from Historic England to the … Continue reading

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IHBC Signpost: Designing for sustainability – Tools to help you design greener, from CIAT via Designing Buildings

A new feature from Designing Buildings – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – via CIAT explores ‘Designing for sustainability: Tools to help you design greener’.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £90K+ works this week: Welsh Council seeks Lottery project input, closing 28/03

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 Welsh council for a Lottery … Continue reading

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Centre for the History of People, Place and Community offers 3 paid early-career research internships, closing 4 April

The Centre is seeking to recruit to three paid early-career research internships, for a project on ‘Creative Repurposing’ and Levelling Up’, closing 4 April.

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Research: Carbon reduction measures should be led locally

New research published by PwC has found that ‘place-based’ carbon reduction measures led by UK cities and towns would produce far better environmental, economic and social results, and will have a lower cost compared to a national ‘one size fits … Continue reading

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Welsh church collapse: Four sentenced over death

Four men have received suspended prison sentences after a worker died following a partial church collapse in Wales.

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Tarmac shows concrete can be more than 90% slag

Tarmac has demonstrated that concrete can be made with more than 90% ground granulated blast furnace slag. image: for illustration purposes only – DB

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Keighley mill fire: Five arson arrests over Peaky Blinders location blaze

Five people have been arrested over a suspected arson attack which gutted a mill used to film scenes for Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey, the historic Dalton Mills complex in Keighley, West Yorkshire.

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