Daily Archives: 30/10/2018

IHBC President launches next Marsh Awards: ‘Your next chance to nominate retired IHBC members and successful learners for Marsh Awards’

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The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, has entered its successful fourth year with the launch of the 2019 Awards – one celebrating retired IHBC members and one successful learners in heritage practice – with prizes … Continue reading →

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IHBC online registration for our ‘Recognised CPD’ providers: Sign up online, for free!

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IHBC’s support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) includes our free online registration form for anyone seeking ongoing recognition by the IHBC as a CPD provider to our members.

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IHBC CPD boost for ‘Nottingham 2019’: DBW on RIBA Plan of Work for Fire Safety consultation

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Designing Building Wiki (DBW), host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, has reported on how in September 2018, the RIBA launched a consultation – now closed – on a new Plan of Work for Fire Safety, which follows on from its … Continue reading →

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IHBC ‘CPD Boost’: BRE webinar on Housing Stock Condition Database – and suggestions for more also sought!

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A Building Research Establishment (BRE) Housing Stock Condition Database (HSCD) webinar to introduce and demonstrate the database, while also seeking suggestions on more for future webinars.

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IHBC’s ‘CPD boost’, out of Context: ‘Love a free (digital) book? Like to do a little CPD? But what do you make of ‘cultural assets’ in urban contexts?

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As in every issue of Context, we have a round up of a selection of some of the latest publications which are relevant to historic building conservation, and in Context 156 Dennis Rodwell invites us to take a critical look … Continue reading →

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CV names Swindon Railway Village as ‘England’s Favourite Conservation Area’ for 2018

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Civic Voice – the national voice for the civic and conservation movement – announced that Swindon Railway Village Conservation Area has been voted as England’s ‘Favourite Conservation Area’, with runners up including Port Sunlight Conservation Area and Lichfield City Centre. … Continue reading →

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New environmental Chief Scientific Adviser appointed for Scotland

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A leading Edinburgh University scientist is being appointed as the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. © Paul Langcaster, UKRI BBSRC.

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UK festival of creativity and innovation to be held in 2022

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A UK-wide festival to be held in 2022 will showcase the creative and innovative strengths of the nation. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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SCT’s Sharing Stories project online survey

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The Scottish Civic Trust (SCT) ‘Sharing Stories’ project aims to challenge stereotypes and improve understanding of minority ethnic heritage across Europe, and is conducting a short online survey to collect information on levers / barriers / enablers to minority ethnic … Continue reading →

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Local authority green belt statistics for England, 2017 to 2018, issued

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Statistics on designated green belt land in England by local authority for 2017 to 2018 have been published, indicating an incremental decrease of green belt each year.

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Government’s Building Safety Programme ‘a co-ordinated national response to the fire at Grenfell Tower’

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has established the Building Safety Programme to cover high-rise residential buildings over 18 metres, including hotels, intended to help make sure that residents of high rise buildings are safe – and … Continue reading →

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Funding campaign for restoration of Leas lift funicular seeks £100K using ‘KindLink’

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A funding campaign using the ‘KindLink’ network has been launched by the Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIC, with a target of £100,000 to support restoration of the Folkestone Leas Lift and to reopen the Victorian Grade II listed lift and … Continue reading →

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Discovery of tower at a Derry school ‘rewrites history’

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The BBC has reported on how, in the grounds of a grammar school in Northern Ireland sits what locals has believed for years to be the remains of a 17th Century windmill, but has now been identifies as a genuine … Continue reading →

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Sagrada Familia gets building licence 136 years after work began

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The Church has agreed to pay €22m to fund transport upgrades under a deal with Barcelona Council so that, more than a century after its first stone was laid, and 92 years after its famously ascetic architect was fatally struck … Continue reading →

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