Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has sent all current Aberdeen School delegates links to access the broadcasts of the #IHBCAberdeen 2022 Day School – if you are missing yours let us know, while anyone else can still sign up HERE to access the … Continue reading →

If you registered as an in-person or online delegate we are keen to hear your feedback on this year’s IHBC Annual School 2022 – Aberdeen #IHBCAberdeen2022

Our new subscription year – April 2022 to March 2023 – will see the IHBC mark a quarter of a century since our incorporation as a professional body supporting and accrediting built and historic environment conservation specialists, so we’re kick-starting … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a City Council for … Continue reading →

Alison McCandlish, IHBC’s lead consultant for Social Media (SM) at our 2022 Aberdeen School (15-18/06), has collated participation data in this first of 3 School SM posts, covering our tour days, with the IHBC MarketPlace, and blended Day School to … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to announce the 2022 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’ is open for submissions, closing 31 August.

This Technical Paper discusses how different building features such as windows were designed to enable the proper ventilation of buildings, and considers how good ventilation can help to prevent airborne diseases etc.

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 Building on the restored Art Deco control room at Battersea … Continue reading →

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) flags the model developed by Sketchfab for Hutton’s Rock, Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh 3D model.

Judges in the seventh year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the results of the 2022 Awards: The winner of the ‘Community Contributions by a Retired Member of the IHBC Award’ is John Duncan (Scotland … Continue reading →

The IHBC has greeted the various new appointments and reappointments by the Secretary of State of new Commissioners of Historic England, welcoming especially the appointment of IHBC member Nairita Chakraborty. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The IHBC’s new-styled, easy access CPD Circular is out, with School signposts back and forward, alongside events, research, awards and more, all in line with our 25th anniversary ambitions for IHBC25.

FMP Architecture and Conservation is the latest company to be accepted on to the IHBC conservation and heritage services ‘HESPR’ listing of heritage businesses that benefit from IHBC’s quality assurance.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a  Council for a … Continue reading →

Plans for one of Derby’s oldest buildings to become a nursery have been refused over concerns the demolition of a surrounding historic wall would ‘harm the building’s status’, reports The Derby Telegraph. image: for illustration purposes only – JBel, Public domain, … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – offered through a partnership with Designing Buildings (DB), ‘The Construction Wiki’ – offers accessible ‘Quick-view’ summaries of key issues across our Newsblogs and other member information services.

The Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator is the government-backed service helping social housing providers develop high-quality SHDF bids. image: for illustration purposes only

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 Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s 25th anniversary 2022 Aberdeen School.

Building homes next to a listed Haworth mill site will ‘cause harm and destruction’ according to a Conservation Officer, writes The Telegraph and Argus. image: for illustration purposes only – Chris Allen / Ebor Mill, Haworth – Wikimedia Commons

Feedback on our Aberdeen 2022 School is coming in and it’s impressive – especially for such an experimental format – and there’s still time to add your thoughts to help shape plans for our Swansea School in 2023 – #IHBCSwansea2023 … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s SE Branch-hosted ‘Reconnection Day’ day on includes a talk on ‘The Antics of a Historic England Listing Inspector’ from Richard Morrice as well as tours and food and more, all free to IHBC members (booking essential). image: Friends … Continue reading →

The IHBC has welcomed the  launch of the Victorian Society’s nominations for its annual Top 10 Endangered Buildings campaign. image: Victorian Society

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a National Park Authority … Continue reading →

A volunteer at a popular tourist venue, the Llanymynech Limeworks, has called to an end of vandalism at the site, reports The Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer. image: Colin Lea / Llanymynech Hoffmann Lime kiln Wikimedia Commons