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New York City is sinking, study says… include lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens…

Posted on 04/07/2023 by IHBC

The pressure from New York City’s massive buildings and skyscrapers is making the city more vulnerable to sink lower into the ocean, according to new research. image: Matt Nelson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 

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IHBC’s 2023 Swansea ‘Annual School’:  Interim review and thanks to lead sponsors – MFL, Penderyn & hosting university, UWTSD – volunteers & participants

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

With the IHBC’s 2023 Swansea School now a week past, the IHBC offers an interim review and a final thanks to School Sponsors – notably School Principal Sponsor MFL Insurance Group and Day School host The University of Wales Trinity … Continue reading →

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Serious about your career? Sign up for IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’, for posts across diverse disciplines, specialisms and levels: Oxford University, HE (4), Councils (10), Churches (6) and many more

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

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 … Continue reading →

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IHBC Practice Signpost from the US: ‘Request for comments on Application and Interpretation of… Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties’

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

Fulfilling its duty to advise the White House, Congress, and executive branch agencies pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation invites public feedback regarding application and interpretation of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £715K costed works: HTVF seeks consultant lead, closing 03/07

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

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 for this week features is the call by Historic Towns & … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the riverbank’: Al Jazerra meets Matthew Bird… on Lewes, the river Ouse and the rights of nature

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

An English town’s take on rights of nature made it to Al Jazeera’s recent Podcast the Take, when a town in England – Lewes – voted to recognize the rights of its river, the River Ouse. image for illustration only

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Scotland’s Minister for Culture etc. announces new strategy for Scotland’s historic environment: Our Past, Our Future

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

Christina McKelvie, Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, has launched Our Past, Our Future, the new strategy for Scotland’s historic environment sector. image: HES

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Griff Rhys Jones launches 2023 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

The Top Ten Endangered Victorian and Edwardian Buildings list 2023 has been revealed by the Victorian Society’s President Griff Rhys Jones.

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Mass walkout at RICS as entire Standards and Regulation board resigns

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

All members of the RICS’s standards and regulation board sprung a major surprise yesterday when they tendered their resignation.

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Launch of Heritage Harbours for England: First 10 Heritage Harbours announced

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

A new status of Heritage Harbours is being launched today to help safeguard the harbourside, buildings, facilities and businesses that are vital to support our working maritime heritage vessels. image: for illustration – National Historic Ships website

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The UK Government issues policy paper on ‘Highly Protected Marine Areas’ (HPMAs)

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

The UK Government has published its policy paper on Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) which applies to England from May 2023.  image: for illustration – Dunes at Allonby by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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7,000-Year-Old Ancient Stones in France Removed to Make Way for a New Hardware Store Chain

Posted on 30/06/2023 by IHBC

A field of ancient stones in Carnac, a town in northern France, has been swept away to make room for a hardware store chain, France 24 reported. image: Haffen56, Carnac menhirs Wikimedia Commons

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IHBC’s Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE (21/06, 4.30PM; free & open to all) covers insurance (MFL) trees (Woodland Trust), communities (Civic Voice), sustainability, practice, research drawings and much more, all for #IHBCSwansea2023

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

More detail on the IHBC’s Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE Zoom Breakout sessions on 21 June is available – where anyone registered can meet, network, ask and learn about a huge range of heritage-linked topics, live and online, supporting #IHBCSwansea2023.

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Time too tight to catch up on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’ at #IHBCSwansea2023 on June 23: Simply book your virtual Day School place from £30+VAT and review the record after!

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

On 23 June the IHBC hosts a targeted examination into  ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’, with current thinking from lead practitioners, funders, researchers & bodies across the UK, so if you are too busy to even drop in live … Continue reading →

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Welsh Government Deputy Minister Dawn Bowden MS to speak at IHBC 2023 School – ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’ – 23 June, in Swansea and online: #IHBCSwansea2023

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC warmly welcomes the agreement by Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Arts, Sports & Tourism, Dawn Bowden MS to address Day School delegates – in Swansea and online – at the IHBC’s 2023 Annual School: ‘Climate Change the Historic … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost: Helping to keep a critically endangered craft alive

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

Daniel Cheetham, carpenter and SPAB Millwright Fellow 2023, reflects on how he became involved with millwrighting, a critically endangered craft. image: Daniel Cheetham – SPAB website

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: London theatre producer forced to tear down ‘fortress’ home in Norfolk

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

Adam Spiegel and his wife, the owners of a north Norfolk home dubbed a coastal ‘fortress’ by locals have been ordered to tear it down. image for illustration: Palmiped, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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European Heritage Hub inaugurated to support Europe’s green, social and digital transformation through cultural heritage

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

The European Heritage Hub was inaugurated in May in Brussels, with Europa Nostra taking the role of project leader. image: c. Europa Nostra

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HE ‘shares learned lessons’ in publishing ‘Heat Pumps in Historic Buildings -Air Source Heat Pump Case Studies – Small-scale Buildings’

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

Historic England has published Heat Pumps in Historic Buildings to share the lessons learned from a study of ten small-scale historic properties with air source heat pumps installed as their primary means of space heating. image: Historic England

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Hundreds of churches will have to close, says Kirk Trustees

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

The Church of Scotland will have to close hundreds of churches in the coming years, the Kirk’s trustees have warned as it stages its annual General Assembly. image for illustration only – Fiona Newton

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Historic stone buildings and bridges could be preserved by new engineering technique

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

A new engineering technique that could help to preserve historic stone buildings and bridges has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield. image: for illustration only – Joanna Theobald

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Scotland’s Community landowners support ambitious land reform and nature restoration: Conference update

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

Community Land Scotland held it’s 12th annual conference ‘Community Ownership and Land Reform: Marking the Centenary, Shaping the Future’ celebrated the centenary of the first community buyout to be completed. image: Community Land Scotland website

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Austria to use Hitler’s birthplace for police human rights training

Posted on 20/06/2023 by IHBC

The house in Braunau am Inn where Adolf Hitler was born will become police station and training centre after €20m renovation. image: for illustration – by Stadtamt Braunau am Inn – CC BY-SA 3.0

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Practice insurance issues?  Learn what you need to know on risk, PI, claims and more with MFL Insurance Group – #IHBCSwansea2023’s Principal Sponsor – at IHBC’s virtual MarketPLace:LIVE, online from 4.30, 21/06: Free and all welcome

Posted on 17/06/2023 by IHBC

MFL Insurance Group, heritage practice insurance specialists and #IHBCSwansea 2023 Principal Sponsor will advise delegates and visitors to IHBC’s MarketPlace:LIVE on risk, Professional Indemnity (PI), claims, IHBC’s partnership scheme and more, on line & on 21 June from 4.30pm, and … Continue reading →

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Time too tight to catch up on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’ at #IHBCSwansea2023 on June 23: Simply book your virtual Day School place from £30+VAT and review the record after!

Posted on 17/06/2023 by IHBC

On 23 June the IHBC hosts a targeted examination into  ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’, with current thinking from lead practitioners, funders, researchers & bodies across the UK, so if you are too busy to even drop in live … Continue reading →

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