Daily Archives: 01/02/2022

IHBC Technical Panel highlights foam insulation threats as works funded by official green homes grants render 250K homes worthless

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The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) has said there may be as many as 250,000 homes with spray foam insulation in the loft, and IHBC Technical Panel lead John Edwards highlights how the problem, at last, ‘is now in the … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: IHBC looks to the future with new ‘Affiliate’ arrangements: Improved support for all, and ONLY the name changes for those seeking status quo

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The IHBC Board’s call to upgrade the Affiliate category – and recognise those with an ‘awareness’ of conservation – means that from April 2022 anyone not securing or applying for assessment as an Affiliate will join a new ‘Supporter’ category, … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget: IHBC Marsh Awards 2022 launched: ‘Your chance to nominate retired IHBC members and/or successful learners’, closing 31 March

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The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Trust, has launched the two 2022 Awards – for civic contributions by retired members, and for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free place at the IHBC’s Aberdeen 2022 … Continue reading →

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IHBC signpost: New research report urges for planning policies to adapt to hybrid working

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A research report – ‘Working from home, Planning for the new normal?’ – commissioned by Barratt and undertaken by Lichfields working with Savanta, uses survey work to explore how people have responded to the experience of working at home during … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’: Building, on Cathedral cloister reconstruction… after nearly 400 years

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IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Building on the Cathedral cloister to be rebuilt after nearly … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Liverpool waterfront development unanimously rejected by planning committee

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Councillors on the planning committee have unanimously refused a 330 waterfront-apartment development voting 10-0, The Liverpool Echo reports. image: for illustration purposes only – Dave Chetwin

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Design Council calls on all UK designers, architects, engineers etc. for Design Economy 2021 survey

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The Design Council wants to hear from practitioners as part of Design Economy 2021 to ‘better understand who is a designer today, what their personal and professional backgrounds are, and what kind of design they practice’.

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Hill House Box shortlisted for EU contemporary architecture prize

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A Scottish site – the Hill House Box – has been shortlisted among European buildings for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. image: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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National Highways no longer intends to infill 140-year-old East Sussex bridge

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National Highways has U-turned on plans to infill a 140-year-old bridge in East Sussex.

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IHBC CPD boost, from Conservation Wiki: The History and origins of ‘Fabric Structures’

Posted on 01/02/2022 by IHBC

The origins of fabric structures can be traced back over 44,000 years to the Ice Age and the Siberian Steppe, where remains have been found of simple shelters constructed from animal skins draped between sticks. image: DB

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