Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

A new on-line IHBC ‘CPD Priority programme’ event on ‘Conservation Engineering’ with Ian Hume is planned for 28-29 September, with fees from £20.

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

The Farnham Herald has headlined a case where a former school is lost as the planning inspector notes the proposals would ,only demolish the building, not the drawings, while he can see ‘nothing in the response from HE that leads … Continue reading →

A new fly-through video has been released giving the first look at how Paisley’s A-listed Town Hall – featured in Paul McTernan’s Brighton Day School presentation – will look after a £22 million transformation into a landmark venue. image: Paisley … Continue reading →

A coalition of organisations is delivering a digital presence at COP26 in the form of a Built Environment Virtual Pavilion, with an open call launched for entries to two elements – exemplary projects for the exhibition and a sustainability focused … Continue reading →

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has published a useful glossary of property law terms.

The IHBC’s celebrated 2021 Gus Astley Student Awards closes to entries on 31 July, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2020 OR 2021 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance … Continue reading →

A petition from Molly Scott Cato – the Green Party’s finance spokesperson – on the Downing Street website calls on the government to remove VAT on refurbishment projects and raise VAT on non-Passivhaus new-build construction to 20 per cent, with … Continue reading →

The 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 the launch of a new HESPR ‘15 minutes free … Continue reading →

A community development forum has reached an exciting milestone after it was awarded £50,000 to shape the future of a disused superstore, reports KentOnline.

Judges in the sixth year of the IHBC Marsh Awards, for Community Contribution (Retired Member) and Successful Learning in Heritage Skills, are delighted to announce the 2021 awards.

On behalf of the IHBC, Chair David McDonald has marked the Culture Recovery Fund’s 1-year anniversary helping ‘heritage organisations… contribute to the country’s economy and sense of well-being’. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The IHBC’s celebrated 2021 Gus Astley Student Awards closes to entries on 31 July, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2020 OR 2021 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance … Continue reading →

Only 6 days are left to join have your say on how you would like to see the Palace of Westminster restored and renewed. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament

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

The last remaining buildings on the site of the Harris meat factory family’s historic mansion in Calne, Wiltshire, are being restored to their former glory and converted into new homes, reports The Gazette and Herald.

Led by Alice Ullathorne, the IHBC’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group is the first to progress under the constitutional framework represented by the new Articles of Association, and invites interested IHBC members to a collaborative ‘Tea Break’ on … Continue reading →

Delegates at the 2021 Brighton School appreciated the low cost and international perspectives, but recognised the lack of personal engagement, on-site learning, and networking, so if you want to extend your IHBC experiences in person, start preparing for Aberdeen 2022. … Continue reading →

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host partner to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has introduced a customised Google search engine developed for the UK construction industry, which only returns results from the construction industry knowledge sources listed below.

The 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 a signpost by the IHBC to Jane Jacobs, via … Continue reading →

Supporters of two heritage railways in Cumbria have been lobbying council officials and their local MP over the infilling of a 159-year-old railways bridge reports the News and Star.

The UK’s tourism industry has been particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, and ahead of a House of Lords debate (on 24 June 2021) to take note of the need to promote tourism in the UK, Parliament UK has issued … Continue reading →

The IHBC has launched the pilot for a new resource offering digital access with search facilities to select entries to the IHBC’s celebrated Annual Gus Astley Student Award, while seeking more suggestions and offers on future content on this ‘characteristically … Continue reading →

Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) – host platform for the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and the ‘construction industry knowledge base’ – has issued a call across its immediate network of 13,000 construction practitioners for input to the IHBC listed buildings prosecutions database.

NBS is carrying out a survey on the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in construction to gain better understanding of digital transformation in 2021. image: for illustration purposes only