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- IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ volume: Insight 2 – ‘…for those seeking re-accreditation…’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 15/09/2026
- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 15/09/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: HE Guidance on ‘Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes,’ 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic status ruled out for Edinburgh block earmarked for demolition 15/09/2026
- TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’ 15/09/2026
- CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’ 15/09/2026
- UK Heritage Pulse on ‘Skills Exchange Request the skills you need. Offer the ones you have 15/09/2026
- Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Robots could harvest lava from volcanic eruptions to make ‘concrete’ of the future 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: IHBC’s national updates for local volunteer leads – Part 1 11/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 11/09/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call, opening 14/09 – ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 11/09/2026
- Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits 11/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Some sector takes on the NPPF 11/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Dry Stone Walling Association issues Anthology of International Writing, from past and present, for the future’ 11/09/2026
- IHBC Director’ from HESPR’s £5.25m ongoing costed works: Heritage Estate body seeks condition surveys etc, to 09/09 11/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to transform South Lanarkshire former mining village 11/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mentmore Towers: Council orders owner to repair ‘exceptional’ grade I mansion 11/09/2026
- HES Chief quits amid deepening governance crisis 11/09/2026
- Heritage Fund & HE: Understanding the impact of climate change on historic parks, gardens and cemeteries 11/09/2026
- HES launches pilot fund to support Scotland’s historic places of worship: Opens Autumn 2026 11/09/2026
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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