Terence O’Rourke is the latest company to be accepted on to the IHBC conservation and heritage services ‘HESPR’ listing, of heritage businesses to benefit from IHBC’s quality assurance.
Terence O’Rourke is a planning, environmental and architectural business specialising in the historic and built environment. We provide inspired and imaginative design and planning solutions, unlocking opportunities at the forefront of best practice and at the cutting edge of commercial thinking. Our heritage team consists of both archaeologists and built heritage specialists who work collaboratively with our in house town planners and design colleagues on development projects across the UK. We also regularly work independently as heritage advisors for clients within external design and development teams.
… we work to the exacting standards of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation…
Guy Kendall, associate director for heritage and HESPR DSA for Terence O’Rourke said: ‘Terence O’Rourke are excited to be joining. We can now allow our clients to be reassured that we work to the exacting standards of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. This acknowledgment of our in house capability is a real reflection of the level of skill our heritage team has achieved after working hard to attain the levels of experience a place on the HESPR list requires and we hope to pass this benefit on to both our clients and colleagues alike.’
ABOUT HESPR
HESPR companies enjoy benefits and support including:
- Recognition of service standards and quality assurance on our‘HESPR’ web page and service listing
- Free listings in the IHBC’s Yearbook
- Weekly Tender alerts that help inform commercial priorities and planning.
- HESPR webpages and search facility on the IHBC’s HESPR website
- National and local recognition of conservation and heritage service quality assurance and standards
- Weekly bulletins of work and notices – often posting more than £500k of costed work per issue. Our weekly Bulletin of current tender notifications to HESPR members is an innovative service that supports commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC’s standards and expectations. The weekly selections offer the wider heritage world a regular insight into the conservation profession that we hope combine good news, sector profile and service inspiration all in one.
- Free IHBC Jobs etc posting each year, worth up to £450.
Quality assurance for HESPR listing is strictly controlled through the employment a Full IHBC member – the ‘Designated Service Adviser’ (DSA) – in a role that allows them to take professional responsibility for the service standards offered to clients. This means that the IHBC can ensure that our members are in a reasonable position to offer their assurance of the quality of the conservation services. As such the DSA should be the first port of call for any concerns over work carried out by a HESPR company.
You can find the ‘Designated Service Adviser’ (DSA) listed on the dedicated HESPR business webpage and on the list of accredited practitioners linked from the IHBC’s homepage.’
See more on Terence O’Rourke on the HESPR website
For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see hespr.ihbc.org.uk
For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC’s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk, as soon as possible.
Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with IHBC Jobs etc, including a targeted email to 2500+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.25,000) and websites with c. 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk
