Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

image for illustration A new playbook on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the construction industry has been published by the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) Digital and Innovation Advisory Panel.

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’s special news features Building Design (BD) ‘Resurrecting Gaudi’s vision’.

image: Open Government Licence v3.0 A public consultation on Tall Buildings in Glasgow began on 8 July in response to the increasing number of these being built and planned, especially in the city centre and on its fringes.

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, alongside themed features on heritage and nature includes a wide range of regular articles, with the spotlight in this NewsBlog on ‘Notes ‘from our Chair, on White’s … History … Continue reading →

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading →

image for illustration A Masters student at the University of the West of England (UWE), Hana Mahmood,  has opened a questionnaire on cultural heritage and conservation while also seeking volunteers for interview.

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 charity for a … Continue reading →

image for illustration The derelict and abandoned former Royal Hotel in Slamannan has been torn down, clearing the way for the community to decide what the future holds for the land.

image for illustration: Congham Bridge – ‘ Overgrown railway bridge north of Roydon’ by Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons   National Highways has won its appeal against removing thousands of tonnes of concrete it poured under an historic … Continue reading →

image for illustration: Rouen and the Cathedral in 1525, from the ‘Livre des Fontaines’ by Jacques Le Lieur – Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, … Continue reading →

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, as well as its themed articles – on heritage and nature – includes a wide range of topical features, with the spotlight here on John Preston’s ‘Take 2’ on … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading →

IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of … Continue reading →

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading →

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’s special news features Arch Daily on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of … Continue reading →

image for illustration: By Ian Dick from Glasgow, UK – Dawn over Glasgow, CC BY 2.0 A Built Heritage Commission (BHC) for Glasgow has now been established to provide advice on a wide variety of heritage related matters in the … Continue reading →

image for illustration Australia has banned the use, supply and manufacture of engineered stone. The ban will start on 1 July 2024 and will apply to engineered stone benchtops, slabs and panels.

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, moves beyond Churchill’s take on ‘architecture shaping us’ to argue that ‘we have [now] come to realise that what we build has a fundamental effect on the planet and … Continue reading →

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading →

Designing Buildings (DB) has published some of the reactions to the election result as they are published by construction industry bodies.

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading →

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 charity for a … Continue reading →

Pub landlord Martin Peel, 52, had an 8ft mural of a Hereford bull painted on the side of the 16th century Grade II-listed Bull’s Head pub in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, reports the Coventry Telegraph.

Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage(DHLGH), Ireland has published on 5 July 2024 ‘Heritage and Climate Adaptation Guidance for Local Authorities…’

The conference, at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, includes as well as a site visit, updates on Heritage at Risk (HAR) in Wales and what the new Historic Environment Act will mean for conservation in Wales, from Charles Mynors, from £40 (limited … Continue reading →