Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

The Green Alliance has updated on its work supporting a circular economy, ‘one in which we value materials and keep them in use for as long as possible, while minimising harm to the environment…’. image: for illustration 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’ news of the IHBC’s 2023 School and MarketPlace … Continue reading →

Bucks Free Press has reported on how Buckinghamshire Council has criticised HS2 for the ‘brutal’ cutting down of trees in an ancient woodland, Sheephouse Wood, a 141-acre biological site of special scientific interest located east of Charndon in Buckinghamshire. image: … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s recast Heritage MarketPlace web resource is a new way to access, promote and secure quality services, advice, guidance and more on all aspects of heritage and conservation – its care, checking and changing – free and accessible to … Continue reading →

The IHBC has updated the 3 May AGM notice to ALL member categories, as proceedings start at 5.30pm and feature Prof. Oriel Prizeman, of Cardiff University reviewing current research and issues around ‘Sustainability and the Historic Environment’, all critical context … Continue reading →

IHBC’s Council on 30 March saw the booking open for our 2023 Annual School, #IHBCSwansea2023, examining ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’, offering current thinking on addressing climate change in the historic environment, with up to 4 days of IHBC-recognised … Continue reading →

ICOMOS-UK’s one-day conference, co-sponsored by the IHBC, will explore how a Rights-Based Approach, including Decolonisation practices, can be a valuable tool, from £20 (Students) to £80, to include lunch and evening reception, all at the University of Greenwich.

April 5, 2023 saw the launch of the revised PAS2080 and supporting guidance document, which is available free (with restrictions) thanks to sponsorship by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Green Construction Board (GCB).

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 features a call from a council seeking a … Continue reading →

SAVE Britain’s Heritage said are delighted to be going to court as they try to block a bid to demolish Garway School, a Victorian school in Herefordshire, reports The Hereford Times. image: for illustration – @SAVEBrit

The IHBC is delighted to announce 20% member discounts for the 1-day online course on damp, mould and condensation by IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards, and aligned with the IHBC-supported cross-sector standard, the Joint Position Statement (JPS) on … Continue reading →

The IHBC has posted new, and open Membership Application Training Event (MATE) sessions, with places at these 3-hour online accreditation guidance sessions offered on a ‘first come’ basis, with CPD certificates and, for non-members, 1-year IHBC ‘taster’ membership worth up … Continue reading →

After a well-received IHBC Branch Committee consultation, the IHBC has launched a new training webpage to underpin the upgrade of our pre-COVID Local Delivery (Branch) CPD training pilot and consolidate current training support while setting the stage for forthcoming initiatives.

Marking the 25th anniversary of the IHBC – #IHBC25 – our ‘IHBC at 25’ issue of Context in December looked back why budding and already-established conservation professionals joined the IHBC, as taken from Context’s New Member Profile column.

Crossing a busy road and several waterways, building HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct has prompted some novel approaches, and for Construction News Ben Vogel explores how the Align JV is taking on the challenge. image: for illustration only – HS2

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 IHBC on the 2023 School launch.

For more than 50 years, a hidden chamber in Peckham Rye station has slumbered, its fine Victorian plasterwork crumbling and its woodwork rotting, but now is reopening this May, reports Timeout. image: for illustration – by Sunil060902 – Own work, … Continue reading →

The IHBC has issued to members of ALL categories the formal notice of the online 2023 AGM, on 3 May 2023 at 6.00pm (proceedings start at 5.30pm) – email admin@ihbc.org.uk if you have not received yours – with registration now … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s April CPD Circular is now out, listing low-cost training and upskilling opportunities – including Research and Awards listings and featuring the 2023 Annual School, on line and in Swansea – helping guide busy heritage practitioners to the best … Continue reading →

ICOMOS-UK’s one-day conference, co-sponsored by the IHBC, will explore how a Rights-Based Approach, including Decolonisation practices, can be a valuable tool, from £20 (Students) to £80, to include lunch and evening reception, all at the University of Greenwich.

The IHBC has launched a suite of new help and guidance to make it easier for our Supporter members to advance to the new Affiliate member category, including a dedicated web page; surgeries and more recently a video screencast by … 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 features a call from a Welsh Authority for … Continue reading →

Bude’s iconic Compass Point cliffside storm tower in Cornwall is to be moved brick by brick further inland before it is destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels, reports Cornwall Live. image: for illustration – By Nilfanion – Own … Continue reading →

The  Architect’s Journal (AJ) has again teamed up with Blueprint for All – formerly the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust – to launch a new survey to gather the latest evidence on race diversity within architecture. image: AJ website

An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1876 has been featured anew by Building. image: for illustration – By Diliff – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=559965