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- Scottish Infrastructure Strategy 2027-2037 Consultation now out 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
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- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
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Daily Archives: 16/11/2016
IHBC NI Branch Chair’s 2016 ‘Yearbook’ article, on the heritage ‘nudge’, now on IHBC’s Conservation Wiki
The IHBC 2016 Yearbook article on ‘Nudge theory’ by IHBC Northern Ireland (NI) Branch Chair Andrew McClelland, is featured on the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki platform, again helping extend the reach of your institute’s heritage-related advocacy into mainstream construction work and … Continue reading
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HE’s Angel Award Winners 2016 – Include ex-soldiers and Dudley Zoo construction supervisor (and 2016 IHBC Annual School guide there), Carlo Diponio
The 2016 winners of the Historic England (HE) Angel Awards have been announced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and historian Bettany Hughes, and include ex-soldiers and a guide on 2016 IHBC Annual School tour to Dudley Zoo, its Construction Supervisor, Carlo … Continue reading
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Vernacular Architecture Group offers 3 bursaries for Winter Conference Leicester, 7-8 January – closing date 26 November
Three bursaries are available for the 2017 Winter Conference of the Vernacular Architecture Group, which will take place in Leicester on 7-8 January, with the theme ‘Seeing the wood and the trees: the management of timber from source to building … Continue reading
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Place Alliance launches e-newsletter
Place Alliance, the link body for organisations focussed on places, has created an e-newsletter to keep readers updated with its news, upcoming events and activities. Place Alliance writes: Place Alliance brings together organisations and individuals who share a belief that … Continue reading
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3D visualisation and high-definition surveying from RICS
A paper from a ‘RICS COBRA’ 2016 conference looks at how 3D visualisation and high-definition surveying can help stimulate economic growth in historic urban areas RICS writes: This paper concerns the application of cutting edge digital recording techniques within the … Continue reading
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HE: Black British History Recognised Through Listings
New listed buildings have been created as part of Historic England’s (HE) celebration of British Black History, and the general public are being asked to contribute to the project by contributing their stories and knowledge. Historic England writes: ‘Platforms Piece’, … Continue reading
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RIBA Client survey – results
The results of RIBA’s ‘Working With Architects’ survey findings include that private domestic clients were most satisfied with architects, but contractors were the least satisfied, while architects’ design skills were highly rated, but their process management skills were less highly … Continue reading
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£4m restoration project work on Calton Hill, Edinburgh begins
The work on a contemporary visual arts space incorporating significant restoration works and the development of a restaurant space within the historic Calton Hill observatory in Edinburgh has begun. Creative Scotland writes: Today sees the foundations being laid for Edinburgh’s … Continue reading
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English county councils warm to potential new local plan-making role
Amendments made to the Neighbourhood Planning Bill will allow county councils ‘by invitation’ to prepare development plan documents where a district council was failing to do so. Planning Portal writes: County councils have given a guarded welcome to the government’s … Continue reading
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Plant heritage at risk- do your part
English Heritage is calling for the help of members of the public in addressing the loss of historic varieties of daffodils and bluebells, vital to our gardening heritage. English Heritage writes: English Heritage is launching a campaign to help save … Continue reading
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