Daily Archives: 30/07/2019

Now online: IHBC’s Nottingham School video introduction to our practitioners’ ToolBox, by Policy Chair Roy Lewis

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The first IHBC ‘Spotlight’ in the 2019 Nottingham school was a video session exploring the diverse applications of the IHBC’s ToolBox resource, the essential but accessible interface to the contents of IHBC’s c.30,000+ web pages, introduced in 5 minutes by … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget: IHBC’s HESPR-linked service promotion is now even more accessible to clients that use our map-based search

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IHBC members, colleagues and client bodies can now find the office locations of HESPR members – IHBC’s Historic Environment Service Provider Recognition (HESPR) scheme – using our new map-based facility. 

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Looking ahead to #IHBCBrighton2020: Great British High Street Awards 2019 – Judges revealed

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Judges have been announced to select winners of the Great British High Street Awards 2019 from a shortlist of 40 finalists. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Durham CC to spend £1.1M backing the revamp of historic Pitman’s Parliament

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Chronicle live  has reported on how the local Grade-II listed Durham Miners’ Hall, known as Redhills, is both a local and national heritage treasure, as Durham County Council (CC) is to spend £1.1 million on backing the revamp of this … Continue reading →

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IHBC CPD Boost: Virtual reality building – ‘Is VR the future of construction’?

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Pbctoday has offered one take on how virtual reality (VR) might be used in the construction industry, and how it could become even more useful in the future.

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HOLD THE DATE for COTAC’s 60th Anniversary Conference: 6-7 November, Stirling, on the ‘Future of heritage conservation – tools and technologies’

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COTAC will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a unique review of the ‘Future of heritage conservation’, looking at ‘Sourcing a Digital Norm for Learning and Training: Tools and Technologies’

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NT 10 year strategy includes help for ‘Urban Places’ outside its ownership

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The National Trust (NT) 10-year strategy outlines how it will help look after special places sitting outside its ownership, and the ‘Urban Places Programme’ has been established to help others secure their local greenspaces and heritage. image: Plymouth – Seán … Continue reading →

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Category A-listed Cardross seminary to be left to ‘decay’

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The future of one of Scotland’s most important buildings St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross, a category A listed building is in doubt after a bid to have it taken into state care was refused. image: HES website

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HE seeks views on training needs: Closing 30/09

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Historic England (HE) is inviting views from sector colleagues on the sort of training it should deliver, with a survey closing on September 30.

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England’s Built environment sector deal: opening formal negotiations with the sector

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A letter from MHCLG and BEIS to the Built Environment Sector Deal Champion, confirms that the government will open formal negotiations on a Built Environment Sector Deal. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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N Somerset seeks opinion on shopfront design guide: open till 12/08

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Local businesses, town councils and developers in North Somerset (N Somerset) are invited to give their views on a proposed shopfront design guide. image: North Somerset Council website

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Project to use space technology to protect Scotland’s historic environment takes off

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A new partnership to harness space and satellite technology to protect Scotland’s historic sites from climate change has been launched.

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Policy Exchange on ‘Building Beautiful Places: How planning policy can incentivise the building of places not just homes’

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UK ‘think tank’ Policy Exchange has published a new report entitled ‘Building Beautiful Places: How planning policy can incentivise the building of places not just homes’.

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