Daily Archives: 15/04/2022

Good news for Good Friday 1, as our #IHBC25 digital hub launches: Marking 25 years of IHBC’s interdisciplinary professional conservation – with calls for input and more

This subscription year the IHBC marks a quarter of a century as a professional body supporting and accrediting interdisciplinary built and historic environment conservation specialists, and now we’ve launched the #IHBC25’s digital hub webpage to tie it all together.

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Good news for Good Friday 2, as 2021 Student Award winners for #IHBC25 now out: India Wright (Cambridge) and Laura Long (York) both win top award, with more for works on mortar joints, tourism and conservation plans

IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards guest judge for 2021 Ian Morrison OBE, Historic England, has chosen two winners in this #IHBC25 anniversary year, with India Wright (Middle Temple) and Laura Long (Hempcrete) entering work from IHBC-Recognised conservation courses in Cambridge … Continue reading

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Good news for Good Friday 3, with first ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ review for #IHBC25: Career-defining posts from Scotland (NTS: PM, EWH (Architect & Climate)) to Brighton Pavilion (manager), surveyors, Inspectors, apprentices and more

To help link employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, we update IHBC NewsBlogs etc. readers on the diverse opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, as this round highlights familiar employment matters, so sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ … Continue reading

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Good news for Good Friday 4, with our IHBC25 anniversary #IHBCAberdeen2022 Day School SESSION 3: Working with ‘old’ heritage

After morning welcomes and sessions that include Griff Rhys Jones (video) and more, the IHBC’s Aberdeen Day School (17/06) examines ‘old heritage’ that faces new pressures, including ‘Tools and standards’ for sustainable conservation; a ‘Masterplanning’ case study of Aberdeen’s centre, … Continue reading

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Good news for Good Friday 5: IHBC welcomes World Heritage Day, April 18, in #IHBC25, our 25th anniversary year

IHBC welcomes the next ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites, on April 18, and in this #IHBC25 anniversary year themed on Heritage and Climate.

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Good news for Good Friday 6, with IHBC’s HESPR ‘double-up’ pick for #IHBC25: £4.1M+ works with calls for settlement analysis (25/04; £40K) and WHS project support (04/05; £4M)

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 ‘double up’ pick for #IHBC25 features calls from a Borough Council (BC) for … Continue reading

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Clifford’s Tower reopens to public acclaim after a two-year closure

York’s Clifford’s Tower has reopened to the public for the first time since before the pandemic, reports York Press. image: for illustration purposes only – Clifford’s Tower by DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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UK launches UNESCO World Heritage Sites – UK Tentative List Review Consultation: Seeks expert input with EOIs by 6 May

The UK Government is preparing a new Tentative List of natural, cultural and mixed sites for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be submitted to UNESCO later this year, with a view to putting forward … Continue reading

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Government publishes green paper to help it achieve nature goals

New, long-term environmental targets have been announced by the government, as a ‘a cornerstone of the government’s Environment Act’. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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IHBC’s climate signpost: ‘In Austria, the Government Pays to Repair Your Stuff’

Taking the ‘right to repair’ one step further, a Viennese repair bonus is going national — and keeping thousands of items out of the junkyard.

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