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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 26/10/2016
Context’s 2016 Annual School – ‘Tecton at Dudley’ – reaches IHBC’s Conservation Wiki
Reports from IHBC’s journal Context that covered the IHBC’s 2016 Annual School visit to Dudley, which covered both the Tecton work at the Castle as well as regeneration in the town, have been used to shape a new article for … Continue reading
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IHBC trustee highlights risk to RICS: ‘One in four UK buildings is at risk… so just follow BS 7913’
IHBC trustee John Edwards has featured an article in the November issue of the RICS Property Journal where he ‘argues that traditional buildings are in need of better treatment and understanding’ by the profession. John Edwards writes: ‘Nearly all buildings … Continue reading
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Scottish Land Fund leads to community ownership of Eyemouth ‘Cat. B’ Listed Building
Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders is the latest community to benefit from funding from the Scottish Land Fund, with an eco-innovation centre being established in the former Town Hall, a ‘Category B’ Listed Building. The Big Lottery Fund writes: An … Continue reading
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Liverpool’s GI Royal Liver Building for sale
The iconic Grade I (GI) listed Royal Liver Building in Liverpool is to be marketed for sale. CBRE writes: Acting on behalf of Royal London Mutual Insurance Society, CBRE has been instructed to sell the iconic Royal Liver Building in … Continue reading
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Vic Soc: Top Ten endangered buildings list highlights neglect outside South East, while Griff says ‘Campaign to save them’
The national architectural charity, the Victorian Society (Vic Soc), released its 2016 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, while Griff Rhys Jones, Victorian Society Vice President, has urged people living near the buildings on the list to ‘seize the opportunity’ and … Continue reading
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CIC launches brand refresh and strapline: BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS TOGETHER
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has launched its brand refresh with a new logo and strapline: BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS TOGETHER The CIC writes: At the 101st Meeting of Construction Industry Council (CIC) Members held yesterday at the London offices of … Continue reading
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Official ‘Farmer review’: Construction sector must ‘modernise or die’ – and tax those not supporting skills
The ‘Farmer Review’, a report commissioned by the government and carried out by Cast Consultants, a real estate and construction consultancy, has concluded that the construction sector must ‘modernise or die’, being highly critical in relation to its delivery, innovation, … Continue reading
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First Green Gas Mill in Britain given consent: as grass gas heats 4000 homes
A £10 million Green Gas Mill, which produces heating for 4000 houses using green gas from grass, has been granted planning permission by Winchester City Council. Ecotricity writes: Ecotricity, Britain’s leading green energy company, has today received planning permission to … Continue reading
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BBC News features GII* ‘home of forbidden love’: By Raymond McGrath
BBC News explores how the structure of a Grade II* listed 1930s home of Gerald Schlesinger and Christopher Tunnard, managed to help keep a secret that would otherwise have criminalised its owners, as its ‘LGBTQ’ history has now been officially … Continue reading
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