Daily Archives: 31/03/2023

IHBC 2023 School launched: #IHBCSwansea2023 booking opens for ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment; Resilience and Performance’, in-person and online, 21-24 June 2023

Posted on 31/03/2023 by IHBC

IHBC’s Council on 30 March saw the booking open for our 2023 Annual School, #IHBCSwansea2023, examining ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’, offering current thinking on addressing climate change in the historic environment, with up to 4 days of IHBC-recognised … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s Toolbox update on LA conservation jobs in England: ‘Market Intelligence’ Research Note from IHBC’s 2022 ‘Jobs etc.’ posts

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The IHBC’s first Research Note (RN) for 2023 (RN2023/1) has been posted on the IHBC’s ToolBox, offering our annual update of ‘Market Intelligence’ on England’s local authority (LA) conservation-related jobs, based on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick ‘double up’ from £815K costed works: Lighthouse-linked improvements and fire safety upgrade in London icon, £250K total

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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 features a double-up call on a fire safety … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter could get a farm, café & community space on a car park roof

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Birmingham Live reports on a proposal that could see Slow Food Birmingham build a farm on the Vyse Street car park. image: for illustration only – By JimmyGuano – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34431206

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City of London says: ‘Consider green alternatives to demolition’

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Developers in the City of London will be asked to consider alternatives to demolition at the earliest stage of the planning process – in a ‘pioneering’ scheme aimed at reducing the Square Mile’s carbon footprint. image: for illustration – © … Continue reading →

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DCMS: Now recruiting DCMS Departmental Non-Executive Board Members, closing 7/04

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DCMS seeks Non-Executive Board Members (including a Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee), for 20 day(s) @ £15K to £20K p.a., closing 7 April.

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Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, conservation architect and past president of the RIAS has died

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Scotland’s most renowned conservation architect of recent times, Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, has died at the age of 96.

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Richard Rogers’ Channel 4 HQ listed GII

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Richard Rogers’ Channel 4 Headquarters building in Westminster has been granted Grade II-listed status amid concerns for the future of the 1990s high-tech building. image: for illustration – By Tim Benedict Pou – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56639883

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Reshuffle at the Construction Leadership Council (CLC)

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The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has reorganised its leadership, putting the man in charge of building the controversial Lower Thames Crossing in charge of ecology and environmental issues.

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ARB consultation on ‘Tomorrow’s Architects’: On ‘…comprehensive reforms to the education and training’, closing 10/05

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The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a consultation on comprehensive reforms to the education and training of architects, closing on Wednesday 10 May 2023.

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Seven theatres awarded funding to improve environmental sustainability

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The latest round of the Theatre Improvement Scheme in association with the Wolfson Foundation has awarded a total of £124,000 in grants to seven theatres. image: for illustration – The Theatres Trust

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The Prince’s Foundation opens applications to new Building Crafts Programme, from July 2023, closes 3/04

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Applications are open now for The Prince’s Foundation Building Craft Programme’s new course, to commence in July, and close on 3 April.

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