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- IHBC’s 2024 AGM concludes with overwhelming support for ‘next steps’ in petition for charter exploration: ‘Preparing a Memorandum for the Privy Council Office’ 03/05/2024
- Reserve your place at IHBC’s 2024 School #IHBCReading2024: ‘Place and building care’ across 4 days, from £30+VAT for Virtual Day School 03/05/2024
- IHBC’s Chair welcomes Carole Souter CBE as THA’s new Chair of Trustees 03/05/2024
- Your guidance for #IHBCReading2024 School CPD focus, including ‘Legislation & Policy’ + ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT 03/05/2024
- IHBC’s volunteering spotlight: AHF seeks up to three new Trustees, including Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, to 31 May 03/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £400K+ works this week: Heritage estate body seeks Landscape Architect for woodland landscape, to 24/05 03/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: A New Future For Dover’s Historic Roman Painted House 03/05/2024
- £14.8million awarded by HLF to projects forging the future of industrial past across the UK 03/05/2024
- Government on ‘Partnerships for People and Place’: Offering guidance for ‘officials in place-based policymaking’ 03/05/2024
- AHF on new grants to transform Historic High Streets in England 03/05/2024
- Check out THA’s Carbon Literacy Training Courses & dates 03/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European citizens support religious heritage 03/05/2024
- Another FREE pre-conference #IHBCReading2024 School webinar: ‘Caring for buildings through effective enforcement’ (03/05, from 1.00pm) and with more to come 30/04/2024
- IHBC seeks Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Full Members as paid MATE session leads, initial closing 1 May 30/04/2024
- First CPD guidance for #IHBCReading2024 School: ‘Management’ Competences -‘Legislation & Policy’ + ‘Finance & Economics’, 12/13-15 June, from £30+VAT 30/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’ Revisited: ALL HESPR member staff get IHBC member rate at #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School, 14 June, only £30+VAT (Code required) 30/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Welsh) doorstep’: Welsh slate helps Nash’s All Souls from the end of an era to a new one 30/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Edinburgh’s Granton gasholder taking shape for future public park, says Council 30/04/2024
- Civic Voice and Historic England join forces to explore local historical plaque schemes: Survey closes 12/05 30/04/2024
- RICS launches new Standard to for UK retrofitting Practices 30/04/2024
- RIBA Horizons 2034: ‘Architecture must change beyond recognition to meet the climate challenge’ 30/04/2024
- RTPI & Scottish Government launch Digital Skills Portal for planners 30/04/2024
- CLC sets out ambitious delivery plan for 2024 30/04/2024
- CNP Health Check Report: First assessment & recommendations on nature recovery in National Parks in England and Wales 30/04/2024
- HES: Skills Investment Plan (SIP) for Scotland’s Historic Environment 30/04/2024
Daily Archives: 19/08/2022
IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award open to ‘ANY UK taught coursework’: Closes 31/08 – £500 + free #IHBCSwansea2023!
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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New IHBC Branch CPD 2022: NW hosts ‘Adapting to Climate Change’, 5/10/22, Chester Cathedral, inc. tours etc.
The IHBC North West (NW) Branch is hosting a full day of conservation talks, tours and discussions on ‘Adapting to Climate Change: Heritage and its Sustainable Future’ at Chester Cathedral on 5 October, with fees from £100 including lunch etc.
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IHBC Wales Branch FREE CPD + reception 5 Sept: Looking to #IHBCSwansea2023 and #IHBC25
The IHBC’s Wales Branch is offering free CPD on ‘Retrofitting Historic Buildings for Energy Efficiency’ on 5 September, laying new foundations for the IHBC’s 2023 annual School in Swansea as well offering a local celebration of the institute’s 25th anniversary: … Continue reading
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IHBC’s signpost to Wind Cowels, on Conservation Wiki partner DB
Designing Buildings (DB), parter platform for the IHBC’s ‘Conservation Wiki’ has posted a short history of Wind Cowels by Dan Rigamonti.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £40K of recent advertised works: Council seeks closing 22/08, valued to £40K
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 Council linked to … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Permission given for extension to Powder Magazine, Coniston
A property owner has been granted permission to build a publicly accessible library in the Lake District by making extensions and alterations to the historic Powder Magazine, linked to Coniston Coppermines Scheduled Monument. image: Tompage02 – Own work, Public Domain, … Continue reading
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Council wins High Court case to protect ‘green spaces’ in South Downs National Park
Worthing Borough Council has welcomed a decision by the High Court to rule against plans to build 475 homes, which the local authority argued would spoil its ‘green spaces’. image: LocalGov.co.ukwebsite – credit to Worthing Council
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New partnership to promote low carbon retrofits in Scotland
Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has announced a new partnership with the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) with a shared ambition to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment. image: for illustration only
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‘Value toolkit’ developed to help redefine value and how to measure it.
The Value Toolkit enables value-based decision making focused on driving better social, environmental and economic outcomes, improving industry’s impact on current and future generations.
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Over four-fifths of colleges lack staff for construction courses
There is a country-wide shortage of staff to teach higher-level construction courses, new research has found. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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SPAB: Applications for Philip Webb Award close 12/09
SPAB is accepting applications for the Philip Webb award – to set UK and Ireland ‘architects… a demanding but exciting dual conservation and design challenge’ – with a closing date of 12 September 2022.
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NTS: Glencoe turf house keeps heritage building skills alive by using traditional materials, tools and techniques
Visitors to the The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) Glencoe National Nature Reserve can explore the turf and creel house at the Visitor Centre, where its heather-thatched roof and earth walls blend into the mountain backdrop. image: NTS website
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