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- IHBC’s 2024 Virtual School MarketPlace:LEARN & #IHBCReading2024 launch: 12 June, 17:00-18:30 – HES, Robyn Pendyr, Morwenna Slade, THA, sheep wool, shecanengineer.com (on fire) & much more! 11/06/2024
- IHBC Chair and President on low-cost 2024 Virtual School, 14/06: Promote critical skills to members, colleagues & networks, at #IHBCReading2024, from £30+VAT 11/06/2024
- IHBC’s election-compliant #IHBCReading2024 School CPD Circular: Virtual & Day School Special Edition Update, includes MarketPlace:LEARN too 11/06/2024
- IHBC Chair marks death of John Sell CBE (1944-2024) 11/06/2024
- STBA (and IHBC!) welcomes its new Board members: Includes 2 IHBC-accredited 11/06/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on ‘Why cities need ‘tall buildings’? 11/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Stonehenge tunnel delays as decision returns to court 11/06/2024
- King Charles III becomes Royal Patron of RICS 11/06/2024
- Views sought on updated guidance for Scotland’s inventory of historic battlefields: closing 2/07 11/06/2024
- CABE Technical Director Becomes New Chief Executive 11/06/2024
- Housing and heritage celebrated in Yorkshire RIBA Awards 2024 11/06/2024
- New members appointed to the Natural England board 11/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Striking photos show nature reclaiming brutalist concrete 11/06/2024
- IHBC Chair and President on low-cost 2024 Virtual School, 14/06: Promote critical skills to members, colleagues & networks, at #IHBCReading2024, from £30+VAT 08/06/2024
- IHBC’s #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School MarketPlace:LEARN & launch: 12 June, 17:00-18:30- HES, Robyn Pendyr, Morwenna Slade, THA, Civic Voice, sheep wool, shecanengineer.com & much more! 08/06/2024
- IHBC’s election-compliant #IHBCReading2024 School CPD Circular: Virtual & Day School Special Edition Update, includes MarketPlace:LEARN too 08/06/2024
- IHBC signposts THA’s heritage advocacy in election time 08/06/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £239K works this week: Wales Council seeks team for heritage engineering transformation, to 24/06, to £180K 08/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep’: Farmer ordered to pay £45,000 for demolishing dovecote without consent 08/06/2024
- Labour’s New Town plans: Angela Rayner fleshes out party’s vision 08/06/2024
- 59% of UK homeowners lack the knowledge or confidence to choose heat pumps, new survey says 08/06/2024
- BSRIA Collaborates to Establish Common Definition of ‘Statutory’ in Workplace and Facilities Management 08/06/2024
- RTPI: Supporting Planning Skills Fund delivery 08/06/2024
- RICS finalises appointments to its Standards and Regulation Board (SRB) 08/06/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Japanese town overrun with tourists puts up view-blocking barrier near Mount Fuji 08/06/2024
IHBC’s 2024 Virtual School MarketPlace:LEARN & #IHBCReading2024 launch: 12 June, 17:00-18:30 – HES, Robyn Pendyr, Morwenna Slade, THA, sheep wool, shecanengineer.com (on fire) & much more!
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IHBC Chair and President on low-cost 2024 Virtual School, 14/06: Promote critical skills to members, colleagues & networks, at #IHBCReading2024, from £30+VAT
IHBC Chair David McDonald and President Mike Brown have written to all IHBC members to encourage active engagement with the 2024 Virtual School – part of our #IHBCReading2024 School – and to promote its low-cost to colleagues etc. as an easy way to build skills in conservation.
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IHBC’s election-compliant #IHBCReading2024 School CPD Circular: Virtual & Day School Special Edition Update, includes MarketPlace:LEARN too
Our dedicated #IHBCReading2024 CPD Circular on Virtual and Day School has been issued, with content updates following the election and a reminder that new delegates can still join us online, on Friday 14 June, for the Virtual School, accessible from only £30+VAT, with our learning-led MarketPlace:LEARN (Wednesday 12 June, 5.00-6.30pm) launching the Virtual School.
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IHBC Chair marks death of John Sell CBE (1944-2024)
On behalf of the IHBC Chair David McDonald voiced the great sadness on the death of John Sell, a sentiment endorsed by Europa Nostra and many other individuals and organisations.
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STBA (and IHBC!) welcomes its new Board members: Includes 2 IHBC-accredited
The Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) has welcomed new Board members as they ‘bring their expertise to further STBA’s mission’, including 2 IHBC-accredited members and its new Chairperson – Jo Lugg. Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Dezeen on ‘Why cities need ‘tall buildings’?
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Economics Professor Jason Barr in Dezeen asking ‘Why cities need ‘tall buildings’?
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Stonehenge tunnel delays as decision returns to court
Progress on work on the Stonehenge tunnel has been paused again, after another appeal has been made against the scheme by the Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS), reports The Salisbury Journal.
image for illustration: image: Stonehenge by Sumit Surai – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
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King Charles III becomes Royal Patron of RICS
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is honoured and proud to announce that His Majesty, King Charles III, has become patron of the Institution, marking an historic continuation of royal support since 1881, when RICS first received its Royal Charter.
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Views sought on updated guidance for Scotland’s inventory of historic battlefields: closing 2/07
Historic Environment Scotland(HES) is seeking views on updated selection guidance for Scotland’s inventory of historic battlefields.
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CABE Technical Director Becomes New Chief Executive
Richard Harral will be taking the helm as Chief Executive as CABE moves forward with its strategy to support members and professionals to deliver a more competent construction industry.
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Housing and heritage celebrated in Yorkshire RIBA Awards 2024
Yorkshire’s heritage – ranging from the 11th to 20th century – has been celebrated at the recent RIBA Yorkshire Awards, with prizes handed out to sensitive restorations of social housing (Park Hill Phase 2) and historic monuments (Clifford’s Tower).
image: Clifford’s Tower by DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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New members appointed to the Natural England board
Four new members will join the Board of Natural England.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Striking photos show nature reclaiming brutalist concrete
A new photography book, ‘Brutalist Plants,’ explores nature’s links to the architectural style characterised by imposing form and exposed concrete.
image for illustration: Barbican gardens secretlondon123 from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Continue reading
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IHBC Chair and President on low-cost 2024 Virtual School, 14/06: Promote critical skills to members, colleagues & networks, at #IHBCReading2024, from £30+VAT
IHBC Chair David McDonald and President Mike Brown have written to all IHBC members to encourage active engagement with the 2024 Virtual School – part of our #IHBCReading2024 School – and to promote its low-cost to colleagues etc. as an easy way to build skills in conservation.
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IHBC’s #IHBCReading2024 Virtual School MarketPlace:LEARN & launch: 12 June, 17:00-18:30- HES, Robyn Pendyr, Morwenna Slade, THA, Civic Voice, sheep wool, shecanengineer.com & much more!
The IHBC’s learning-led MarketPlace:LEARN (12/06; 17:00-18:30pm) complements our 2024 Reading School’s member and sector support, with free online access to all & included in all #IHBCReading2024 options.
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IHBC’s election-compliant #IHBCReading2024 School CPD Circular: Virtual & Day School Special Edition Update, includes MarketPlace:LEARN too
Our dedicated #IHBCReading2024 CPD Circular on Virtual and Day School has been issued, with content updates following the election and a reminder that new delegates can still join us online, on Friday 14 June, for the Virtual School, accessible from only £30+VAT, with our learning-led MarketPlace:LEARN (Wednesday 12 June, 5.00-6.30pm) launching the Virtual School.
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IHBC signposts THA’s heritage advocacy in election time
With more elections on their way, The Heritage Alliance is making available a wide range of advocacy resources ‘to ensure the continued success of the heritage sector’ in England.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £239K works this week: Wales Council seeks team for heritage engineering transformation, to 24/06, to £180K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a Welsh Council for a design team for the ‘transformation’ of an engineering heritage feature, closing 24/06 and valued c. £180K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep’: Farmer ordered to pay £45,000 for demolishing dovecote without consent
A Shropshire farmer has been ordered to pay fines and costs of more than £45,000 for demolishing a Grade II listed dovecote on his land without consent, reports Shropshire Council.
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Labour’s New Town plans: Angela Rayner fleshes out party’s vision
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has set out the party’s plans for the next generation of new towns ‘fit for the future’.
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59% of UK homeowners lack the knowledge or confidence to choose heat pumps, new survey says
A new survey from the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) says it has uncovered a significant knowledge gap among UK homeowners regarding renewable heating technologies.
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BSRIA Collaborates to Establish Common Definition of ‘Statutory’ in Workplace and Facilities Management
Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) has collaborated to establish common definition of ‘Statutory’ in workplace and facilities management.
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RTPI: Supporting Planning Skills Fund delivery
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has been selected as a preferred delivery partner for the Planning Skills Fund, a new five-year industry programme aimed at increasing skills and capacity in Local Planning Authorities across the UK.
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RICS finalises appointments to its Standards and Regulation Board (SRB)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has announced the appointment of members to its permanent Standards and Regulation Board (SRB), as nearly 300 candidates applied for the five RICS member and five independent members roles on the Board.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Japanese town overrun with tourists puts up view-blocking barrier near Mount Fuji
The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, responding to the town’s huge popularity on social media platforms.
image for illustration: Mount Fuji seen from Fujikawaguchiko, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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