Daily Archives: 09/11/2012

The most inclusive conservation award for taught coursework is ready for online submissions, as the Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC) Annual Gus Astley Student Award (GASA) is launched, with a closing date of 31 July 2013 and guidance to … Continue reading →

IHBC’s Scotland Branch is hosting a day of ‘Thinking about Asset Transfer’ on 21 November in Glasgow, followed by the Branch AGM, with the bonus of a chance to meet with IHBC’s President Trefor Thorpe. The study day will address … Continue reading →

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a further commitment of £15 million to support heritage skills through its Skills for the Future initiative. The special funding initiative will provide hundreds more training places to address skills shortages in the … Continue reading →

Construction industry workshops are increasingly revealing concerns over the cost and complexity of large scale jobs, as mainstream practitioners realise that delivery of housing retrofit could be more complex and costly than anticipated. These concerns were raised in a series … Continue reading →

The National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) has available 3 Heritage Lottery Funded bursaries for trainee placements with the specialist building conservation contractor Fairhurst Ward Abbotts at some of the most significant historic buildings in the South East of England. These … Continue reading →

Owners of a £750,000 listed home have been told by Wiltshire Council to tear down solar panels that caused ‘significant visual impact’, while public comments on one web site demonstrate the strength of feeling about the owners’ approach and the … Continue reading →

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has started consulting on proposals to make it easier for neighbourhood forums to set up new parish councils. A consultation paper published by DCLG said that the existing process for setting up … Continue reading →

An exciting new initiative which enables apprentices to complete a full apprenticeship programme by working with a number of different employers has been launched by CITB-ConstructionSkills. CITB-ConstructionSkills writes: The Shared Apprenticeship Scheme is a new skills intervention which has been … Continue reading →

Proposals to speed up planning appeal procedures which include the introduction of an expedited ‘commercial appeals service’ have been unveiled by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). DCLG said the aim of the changes, now out for consultation, … Continue reading →

A south London church has appealed against the imposition of a new planning tax by the capital’s mayor in what is thought to be one of the first cases of its kind. The Christ Apostolic Church Mount Zion International in … Continue reading →

A Lords committee is inviting views on the government’s proposed changes to how it carries out consultations, with a closing date of 30 November. In July 2012, the Cabinet Office published new guidance on how consultations would be carried out … Continue reading →

Due to demand the closing date of The Duke of Gloucester’s Young Achievers Scheme, with Categories in Architecture, Engineering, Project Management and Surveying, has been extended to 16 November 2012 . The Awards is an opportunity for exceptional young professionals … Continue reading →

Peter Hansford, a director of Nichols and immediate past president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Government’s new chief construction adviser, says he will be focused on cost and carbon reduction and improving skills and innovation in the … Continue reading →

ODS Consulting has been appointed to carry out stakeholder consultation to inform the development of the business case for a merger between the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) and Historic Scotland. RCAHMS-HS writes: This … Continue reading →