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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
Daily Archives: 01/07/2022
Aberdeen School Interim Feedback: 90%+ ‘excellent to good’ for ‘Experience’ & ‘CPD’ (96% for ‘Blending’!); 92% ‘invaluable to very useful’ – So fill your form now!
Feedback on our Aberdeen 2022 School is coming in and it’s impressive – especially for such an experimental format – and there’s still time to add your thoughts to help shape plans for our Swansea School in 2023 – #IHBCSwansea2023 … Continue reading
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Last chance to book – IHBC’s FREE SE ‘Branch Reconnection Day’ for #IHBC25, with ‘Antics of a… Listing Inspector’ + tours + more: Lewes, 09/07, booking closes 2/07
The IHBC’s SE Branch-hosted ‘Reconnection Day’ day on includes a talk on ‘The Antics of a Historic England Listing Inspector’ from Richard Morrice as well as tours and food and more, all free to IHBC members (booking essential). image: Friends … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes opening of nominations for Vic Soc’s 2022 Top Ten Endangered Buildings by #IHBCAberdeen2022 School keynote, Griff Rhys Jones
The IHBC has welcomed the launch of the Victorian Society’s nominations for its annual Top 10 Endangered Buildings campaign. image: Victorian Society
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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £150K+ works: National Park seeks design services for visitor site, closing 25/07, £65K
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 IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a National Park Authority … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Llanymynech Limekiln volunteers urge end to anti-social behaviour
A volunteer at a popular tourist venue, the Llanymynech Limeworks, has called to an end of vandalism at the site, reports The Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer. image: Colin Lea / Llanymynech Hoffmann Lime kiln Wikimedia Commons
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Parliament restoration delays cause skills and money losses: House of Commons Public Accounts Committee
A report published by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee finds that Parliament restoration and renewal programme delays are leading to loss of skills, increased risk of health and safety incidents and ‘wasteful’ spending. image: Parliamentary copyright images are … Continue reading
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Emissions must be reduced in the construction of buildings if the UK is to meet net zero, MPs warn
From residential to commercial buildings, the UK’s built environment is responsible for 25% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, and MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) warn that Government impetus and policy is lacking, and urgent action is needed. … Continue reading
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RICS establishes strategic oversight group for diversity, equity, inclusion etc.
RICS has established a strategic oversight group to steer Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives focused on building a culture of accountability and belonging and ensuring the membership and profession better reflect the societies they serve.
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LGA’s ‘Culture and Local Government Commission’ calls for case studies: by 29/07
The Commission on Culture and Local Government, launched by the LGA in March, is calling for councils and their local cultural partners to share examples of their work in using culture to support recovery and levelling up, closing 29 July.
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ARB on ‘Milestone in US and UK Reciprocity Agreement for architects’
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has reached an important milestone in the process that will help UK registered architects seek registration in the USA, and vice versa.
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5 historical U.S. landmarks threatened by climate change
America’s historic monuments – both natural landmarks and human-built structures – draw millions each year to witness and pay tribute to a simultaneously rich and painful heritage, but these physical markers are at risk from the effects of a changing … Continue reading
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