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Anyone interested in finding out more about a career in construction can now book to visit a site near them as part of this year’s Open Doors, which takes place from Monday 27 March to Saturday 1 April 2017.

Transforming old pumphouse buildings, chapels, and drill halls into community spaces and creating sustainable enterprises, arts venues, and business hubs are among projects sharing in £444,941 of grants from the Big Lottery Fund.

Plans to demolish one of Glasgow’s oldest buildings for a towering student flat development have been submitted to Glasgow City Council.

Thousands of bats will be allowed to remain in historic churches under a £5 million Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) scheme that will try to reduce the damage they cause but also requires congregations to accept them as permanent residents.

The future of a Headington Quarry war memorial has been secured for future generations after it was granted Grade II listed status.

Surveyors to St Paul’s say the condition of the bells has deteriorated and urgent action and £360,000 is required to keep them ringing, and in a worst-case scenario they could drop from their supports, according to a report in The … Continue reading →

The Open Doors initiative provides a unique chance to see behind the scenes at major ‘live’ construction sites across England, Scotland and Wales, and runs between 27 March-1 April 2017.

The historic house, museum and library of 19th century architect Sir John Soane has now been digitised, allowing visitors see its fascinating objects and eclectic rooms.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched a new Kitemark for building information modelling (BIM) to help construction businesses prove their capabilities in delivering projects at the design and construction phase.

Wirral’s Flaybrick Memorial Gardens is bouncing back from years of neglect with a £325,000 project to save its derelict chapels, as reported by the Liverpool Echo.

The Historic Environment Forum (HEF), the heritage key-stakeholder group, through its membership working group, the Historic Environment Protection Reform Group, consulted key heritage stakeholders on 15 proposed reforms in 2016, and the summary report from Historic England is now available … Continue reading →

There has been a severe fire at Grade II listed Church of the Ascension in Salford which police believe may have been started deliberately as the church, in Lower Broughton, which had recently undergone a £250,000 restoration, was almost completely destroyed … Continue reading →

Historic England has said it is ‘deeply concerned’ about proposals to build a pair of bronze-clad skyscrapers in central Manchester and will officially object to the Make-designed scheme, according to press reports.

The Building Our Industrial Strategy Green Paper, published by Government in January, includes the heritage sector as part of the creative industries, one of five specific sector deals announced in a consultation closing on 17 April.

Lord’s has become the first cricket ground in the country to run on 100% renewable energy, as new figures reveal the increasing disruption to cricket caused by extreme weather patterns linked to climate change.