Daily Archives: 16/09/2017

IHBC on Project Management at Bishop Auckland, 18/19 Oct: CIOB President (and newly accredited Full IHBC member) helps spread the word!

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Rebecca Thompson, President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), and one of the IHBC’s newest accredited (‘Full’) Members, has commended the IHBC’s Bishop Auckland Heritage Project Management to both CIOB and IHBC members, as the CIOB is circulates news … Continue reading →

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IHBC and COTAC jointly welcome BIM4Heritage’s launch conference

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IHBC and COTAC as supporters of the BIM4Heritage initiative have welcomed its launch conference – titled ‘How can BIM help to understand and preserve the historic environment?’ – held at the Royal Academy on 14 September, with COTAC Chair Ingval … Continue reading →

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HESPR’s weekly tenders @ £2.3Million+ of costed work: Top picks – Stock condition survey @£70-100k, and C&MPs for Brighton Royal Pavilion Garden

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The IHBC’s heritage business listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members a weekly ‘News and Tender Alert’ listing, this week with costed opportunities worth more than £2.3million, while the IHBC Director’s top picks for … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD in depth and in Context: ‘Reconciling conservation and sustainable development’

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University of Leicester urban conservation graduate Sean McEntee summarises the controversy around proposals for Norton Folgate in London as he sheds light on the need to balance conservation and urbanism in IHBC current Context, themed on ‘Conservation and urbanism’, No … Continue reading →

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ARB pre-consultation survey: Exploring ‘appropriate qualifications and training’ for architects – closes midnight, 2 October

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The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is undertaking a pre-consultation review of its ‘Criteria’ and ‘Procedures’ for its ‘Prescription of Qualifications’ – which ‘ensure that individuals hold appropriate qualifications and practical training experience’ – though current criteria specific to the historic … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary update: Culture, Media & Sport Committee – membership confirmed

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The Culture, Media and Sport Committee membership for the 2017 Parliament has been finalised. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament

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An Inspector concludes… ‘Townhouse restoration outweighs loss of housing despite marginal supply’ 

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The merging of two flats in a listed Chelsea townhouse by reinstating a staircase between them has been allowed, after Inspector Roger Catchpole ruled that the benefit of restoring the building’s historic layout outweighed the loss of separate housing units, … Continue reading →

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Grenfell Tower fire: Inquiry ‘can and will provide answers’

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The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has opened, with its chairman promising it will provide answers to how the disaster could have happened in 21st century London.

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60 years on: Planning inspectorate rules that Somerset lane is not a right of way

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The BBC reports that, after a dispute lasting decades, and following a public enquiry, the Planning Inspectorate has ruled that a Somerset lane is not a footpath and has ordered definitive maps to be altered.

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Spot the Bull: Time-lapse video shows revamp of Bracknell town centre

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The BBC has posted a time lapse video of the redevelopment of Bracknell town centre, work that involved the demolition of the town’s (big) ‘Brutalist’ centre but the ‘refurbishment’ of the (small) Bull pub, which ‘dates back to the 15th … Continue reading →

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