Daily Archives: 04/11/2022

Don’t forget the IHBC’s (FREE, if sometimes forgotten) jewels in #IHBC25: No.1 – The IHBC’s ToolBox

[slideshow_deploy id=’34803′]The IHBC is marking our 25th anniversary across this subscription year, from April 2022 to March 2023, and as part of looking back – and forward – we’re celebrating some of the free IHBC ‘jewels’ that help members and … Continue reading

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IHBC Signpost: CHN’s dedicated web resource for ‘Culture at COP27’, from 6/11

Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has produced a ‘Culture at COP27’ dedicated web page.

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IHBC Signpost: HE’s Heritage Sector Carbon Net Zero Survey, ends 4/12

Historic England (HE) has issued a short survey for heritage organisations with heritage sites or offering heritage services, to inform future support on Carbon Net Zero planning, closing 4 December.

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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £416K+ costed works: City Council seeks engagement etc. support for heritage site, closes 09/11, up to £240K

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a City Council for … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (community) doorstep’: Save Waterloo’s Paradise from Lambeth’s ‘largest single office proposal’

The mediaeval tranquillity of South London’s oldest gardens in central London are threatened by a cluster of 6 new tall buildings opposite Big Ben, say opponents who have launched the campaign to ‘Save Waterloo’s Paradise’. image: savewaterlooparadise.com

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DLUHC Digital: Introducing the planning data platform

Users can find planning and housing data that is easy to understand, use and trust with a platform to help create services to inform planning and housing decisions in England. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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AHRC: Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition, closes 30/11

The AHRC has announced that the Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition – UKRI Round 1 call is now open to applications, and closing on 30 November 2022.

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Construction industry urged to ‘embrace’ new Scottish Construction Accord

The construction industry must ‘embrace’ the new Scottish Construction Accord in order to make it effective, the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) has said. image: for illustration only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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Industry bodies unite to ‘shift digital focus’ towards maintenance

Select built environment bodies have joined forces to align the data standards to manage costing, carbon and building and facilities maintenance in a bid to shift the digital focus from new build to whole life building performance. image: for illustration … Continue reading

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Scoping culture and heritage capital report published by DCMS

A report scoping has been issued on how the value of arts, culture and heritage can be articulated and measured based on The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS’s) Culture and Heritage Capital approach.

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Cities require urgent rethink, study says if country is to meet 2050 net zero targets: Streets of the Future

Britain’s cities require urgent transformation, including more green spaces and public transport, if the country is to meet its 2050 net zero targets, a new study says. image: for illustration only – Open Government Licence v3.0

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C20 launches Leisure Centres campaign

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) is launching a new nationwide campaign to celebrate the architecture of the leisure centre and to protect the most historic examples. image: for illustration  only – Coventry Sports Centre, Historic England

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Heritage worker crashes accidentally into protected ancient toilet

A man whose job it is to help preserve Japan’s cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car into the country’s oldest toilet at a centuries-old Buddhist temple. image: for illustration only Tofukuji, Kyoto – Photo by PlusMinus, CC BY-SA 3.0

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