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Spread the word: IHBC’s 2024 Virtual School 14 June open as other #IHBCReading2024 options end •
Essential practice updates & insights for all Historic & Built Environment disciplines •
Easy online access • Expert content • Select recordings after • IHBC-Certified •
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MarketPlace:LEARN (12/06) 31/05/2024 - Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service, for posts across diverse disciplines, specialisms & levels, from high-end estate management to conservation graduates 31/05/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £450K works this week: NPA seeks energy audits on cultural heritage sites, closing 12/06, to £15K 31/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage form the Global doorstep’: Marcus Binney CBE, OBE Hon FRIBA FSA: 2024 European Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards ‘Heritage Champion’ 31/05/2024
- Victorian Society reveals its Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2024 31/05/2024
- Labour says it will ‘get Britain building again’ in major boost to critical infrastructure projects 31/05/2024
- UKGBC launch general election policy platform 31/05/2024
- CIOB launches pre-election manifesto ahead of UK General election 31/05/2024
- UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector 31/05/2024
- IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 4: Connecting conservation research & practice, featuring Strathclyde’s research with updates on heritage research, funding etc 28/05/2024
- IHBC to be represented at Housing Cymru conference and exhibition 11 July 2024 – Charities etc. FREE! 28/05/2024
- £400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06 28/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway’s) doorstep’: Boosting York with a £1bn development 28/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inscribed stone found in a Coventry garden 28/05/2024
- Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) on STBA’s ‘Championing natural materials to de-risk retrofit’ 28/05/2024
- Mavisbank will be saved! 28/05/2024
- UKGBC meeting with the Government to champion stronger new build standards 28/05/2024
- European Parliamentary Research Service: ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’ 28/05/2024
- SPAB’s ‘Best Loved’ Award now open 28/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Historic Obelisk Bridge near Drogheda to reopen 28/05/2024
- IHBC’s 2024 Marsh Awards now out: David Blackburn (IHBC Yorkshire) ‘Retired’ and Damian Williams ‘Successful Learning’ with presentations & places at #IHBCReading2024 25/05/2024
- IHBC’s Toolbox update on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2023 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts 25/05/2024
- £400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06 25/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Application approved for first Barrow Site in East Midlands in thousands of years 25/05/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Blackpool’s new £65m university campus plan approved 25/05/2024
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Spread the word: IHBC’s 2024 Virtual School 14 June open as other #IHBCReading2024 options end •
Spread the word: IHBC’s 2024 Virtual School 14 June open as other #IHBCReading2024 options end •
Essential practice updates & insights for all Historic & Built Environment disciplines •
Easy online access • Expert content • Select recordings after • IHBC-Certified •
Low cost (to £35+VAT) •
MarketPlace:LEARN (12/06)
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Essential practice updates & insights for all Historic & Built Environment disciplines •
Easy online access • Expert content • Select recordings after • IHBC-Certified •
Low cost (to £35+VAT) •
MarketPlace:LEARN (12/06)
Essential practice updates & insights for all Historic & Built Environment disciplines •
Easy online access • Expert content • Select recordings after • IHBC-Certified •
Low cost (to £35+VAT) •
MarketPlace:LEARN (12/06)
Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service, for posts across diverse disciplines, specialisms & levels, from high-end estate management to conservation graduates
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique career service!
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £450K works this week: NPA seeks energy audits on cultural heritage sites, closing 12/06, to £15K
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 National Park Authority (NPA) for energy audits on cultural heritage sites to 12/06, valued: £12K – £15K.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage form the Global doorstep’: Marcus Binney CBE, OBE Hon FRIBA FSA: 2024 European Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards ‘Heritage Champion’
The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, launched in 2002 by the European Commission and run by Europa Nostra ever since, has granted Marcus Binney its 2024 ‘Heritage Champion’ Award.
image for illustration: Gary Rogers / Marks and Spencer Commons Wikimedia. Binney mounted a successful appeal against the demolition of the Marks & Spencer department store
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Victorian Society reveals its Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2024
The Top Ten Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings list 2024 has been revealed by the Victorian Society’s President.
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Labour says it will ‘get Britain building again’ in major boost to critical infrastructure projects
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a series of reforms that would see a Labour government ‘get Britain building again’.
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UKGBC launch general election policy platform
UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a four point policy platform which outlines the key opportunities for the next government that will radically transform the places we live, work and play.
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CIOB launches pre-election manifesto ahead of UK General election
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched its manifesto ahead of the next UK General Election on 4 July, outlining how a future government can support the built environment sector.
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UK’s biggest infrastructure companies sign pledge to decarbonise the construction sector
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Minister for Industry and Economic Security Alan Mak have brought together leaders from across the construction industry to sign up to ‘Five Client Carbon Commitments’ – pledges which will help the sector to achieve Net Zero.
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IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 4: Connecting conservation research & practice, featuring Strathclyde’s research with updates on heritage research, funding etc
The fourth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers – sign up HERE – and features a profile of Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, founder and director of the University of Strathclyde’s fully recognised IHBC course, and leader of its Architectural Design and Conservation Research Unit (ADCRU). Continue reading
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IHBC to be represented at Housing Cymru conference and exhibition 11 July 2024 – Charities etc. FREE!
IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards will share the stage with Jill Fairweather of Cadw and natural insulation product manufacturers to talk about the need for a more informed approach towards retrofit and insulation of traditional building.
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£400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06
The Environment Study Centre (ESC) has been offered funding to deliver two more courses at a hugely reduced cost saving £400 per place.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway’s) doorstep’: Boosting York with a £1bn development
Network Rail has signed a £1.1bn agreement to regenerate one of UK’s largest brownfield sites – York Central – in a significant boost the economy.
image for illustration: Aerial view of York by DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inscribed stone found in a Coventry garden
A MYSTERIOUS medieval inscribed stone thought to date back more than 1,600 years, is to go on public display, reports The Coventry Observer.
image for illustration: Ogham Stone Rathass Church Tralee Kerry by Jaqian, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) on STBA’s ‘Championing natural materials to de-risk retrofit’
The Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) has hosted a new paper from the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA), that identifies a number of barriers to best practice retrofit of traditional solid wall buildings.
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Mavisbank will be saved!
Thanks to a major grant of £5.3m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund we are now able to begin rescuing Mavisbank: one of the most important buildings at risk in Britain.
image for illustration: Mavisbank – en:William Adam (architect), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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UKGBC meeting with the Government to champion stronger new build standards
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has met with Baroness Swinburne to discuss our concerns about the draft Future Homes and Buildings Standard.
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European Parliamentary Research Service: ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has issued a briefing on ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’.
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SPAB’s ‘Best Loved’ Award now open
SPAB’s ‘The Best Loved Award’ recognises and celebrates old buildings getting the maintenance they deserve, and the people looking after them.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Historic Obelisk Bridge near Drogheda to reopen
An historic bridge in Ireland has been re-opened after repair works, reports RTE.
image for illustration: Drogheda – Obelisk Bridge over the R Boyne by Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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IHBC’s 2024 Marsh Awards now out: David Blackburn (IHBC Yorkshire) ‘Retired’ and Damian Williams ‘Successful Learning’ with presentations & places at #IHBCReading2024
Judges in this ninth year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the 2024 Awards, with the winner of the ‘Community Contribution by a Retired Member of the IHBC’ category going to David Blackburn (Yorkshire Branch), and the winner of the ‘Successful Learning in Heritage Skills’ going to Damian Williams of Williams Conservation.
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IHBC’s Toolbox update on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2023 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts
The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2024 (RN2024/1) has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, offering our annual update of ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs, based on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.
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£400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06
The Environment Study Centre (ESC) has been offered funding to deliver two more courses at a hugely reduced cost saving £400 per place.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Application approved for first Barrow Site in East Midlands in thousands of years
Funeral directors A.W. Lymn share that they have been given the green light to build the first and only modern barrow site in the East Midlands.
image for illustration: Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wilts by Greg O’Beirne – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Blackpool’s new £65m university campus plan approved
A town centre neighbourhood is set to be demolished after planners gave the green light for a new £65m university campus to be built, reports the BBC.
image for illustration: Blackpool tower and sea front by zergo512, BSD, via Wikimedia Commons
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