Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

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 →

‘Retrofit For The Future’ on 19 September next, is a new ‘Day School for Building Conservation Professionals’, including and optional Building Tour of Dunelm House, hosted by the IHBC’s North Branch, and led by Prof. John Edwards, Director of Edwards … 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 →

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading →

The Inclusive Heritage Advice Hub, part of Historic England’s commitment to supporting the heritage sector to become more diverse, offers dedicated resources and guidance for practitioners.

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 Council for a heritage … Continue reading →

image for illustration: York by DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0 A former mental health establishment founded by a Quaker in 1792 is to be converted into 120 energy-efficient homes in York, reports Architectural Technology.

The Historic Environment Forum’s (HEF) ‘Historic Environment Overview’, part of Historic England’s (HE) Heritage Counts is now out, including also a feature notice on the IHBC’s Conservation Professional Practice Principles.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading →

The IHBC has launched 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 30 … 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 →

‘Learning support in a changing climate’ is a Designing Buildings feature article that originally appeared in the IHBC’s 2023 Yearbook, written by the IHBC’s Education, Training and Application Support Officer Angharad Hart.

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 Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s Affiliate application pilot … Continue reading →

image for illustration: HS2 Buckinghamshire Council has given consent to HS2 Ltd.’s proposals for Grim’s Ditch, a Scheduled Monument, near Leather Lane, Great Missenden, as part of the HS2 project passes through this pre-historic asset of national importance.

image for illustration: Nanton Grain Elevator by Ken Eckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Leo Wieser, President of the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre Nanton, is working to preserve two 21-metre icons of the Prairies – twin grain elevators in Nanton, … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for commercial heritage services – now has the new practice area of ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, helping promote accredited members’ specialist skills and roles linked … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years … Continue reading →

The IHBC has launched 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 30 … Continue reading →

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’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 Museum body seeking a … Continue reading →

image for illustration: Trinity Street Barry Island by Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons- (This view was used on BBC3’s ‘Gavin and Stacey’ series as a ‘scene-setter’) An incredible Gavin & Stacey mural has appeared on the side … Continue reading →

image for illustration: Ottowa Skyline by Óðinn – This image was created with Hugin., CC BY-SA 2.5 ca A new bill has extended the deadline for Canada’s Ontario municipalities to officially designate buildings by two years, but closing a loophole … Continue reading →