Daily Archives: 26/05/2023

Your invite to IHBC’s new virtual Heritage MarketPlace:LIVE – 21 June, flexible from 4.30pm, FREE & OPEN TO ALL – supporting #IHBCSwansea2023

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

Anyone can register HERE to visit our free and open forum of heritage advice, guidance, services and more – IHBC’s MarketPlace:LIVE – online and live & included with #IHBCSwansea2023 bookings, on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’.

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IHBC is at the 2023 Natural Stone Show… naturally – with new MarketPlace, Schools, HESPR, Wiki & more, Excel, 6-8 June (IHBC CPD Recognised Conservation Day: 8 June)

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC will join thousands of industry professionals and over 200 exhibitors at the Natural Stone Show at Excel on 6-8 June, with IHBC Recognised CPD at the Historic England-sponsored Conservation Day (8 June), and all free!

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2023 celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Enter online before 1/09/23

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading →

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IHBC launches #IHBCPetitionforCharter consultation web hub & resource: Peruse, pass on and promote

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC has launched its consultation web hub & resource offering context, updates and more on the prospect of an IHBC Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – to help engagement on the issues around the IHBC seeking a Royal Charter … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost: DB’s ‘Circular Economy Wiki’ – ‘a centralised platform… on implementing circular economy in construction

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

The Circular Economy Wiki – within Designing Buildings (DB) – is a centralised platform containing guidance, definitions and examples on implementing circular economy in construction, with all welcome to contribute.

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £150K costed works: Council calls for UD services, referencing designated archaeology, closing 31/05, valued to £100K

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

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 Council’s call for urban design (UD) … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New twist in battle to save old sawmill building as owner appeals listing

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

The owner of a Victorian industrial building that’s under threat of demolition has appealed against a recent decision to give it listed status, ReGlasgow reports. image: for illustration HES Listing LB52614

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National housebuilder fined nearly £500,000 for polluting river in Pontypool

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Housebuilding firm Taylor Wimpey has been fined £488,772 for failing to prevent numerous incidents which led to the pollution of a river in Pontypool, reports Wales Online. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0

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Want to become Heritage Fund ‘RoSS’ consultant? Closes 19 June

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

The Heritage Fund is seeking expert consultants to apply to our new RoSS Framework – the Register of Support Services (RoSS) is a framework of external consultants -from April 2024, with applications closing 19 June.

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New RTPI hub showcases ‘Interim State of the Profession 2023’

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

RTPI has highlighted how the planning profession faces challenges to its public image resulting in the widespread abuse of planners, at the same time as planners are paid much worse, with salaries failing to rise in line with inflation, with … Continue reading →

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MPs warned by PAC that Westminster could collapse before restoration

Posted on 26/05/2023 by IHBC

There is a ‘Real and rising risk’ that Palace of Westminster will be destroyed by catastrophic event before it is restored, says Public Accounts Committee (PAC). image: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament

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£3.5M boost for Scotland’s historic environment: SCT, NTS and more

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National Trust for Scotland (NTS), Keep Scotland Beautiful and the Scottish Civic Trust (SCT) are all amongst those receiving funding from Historic Environment Scotland (HES). image: for illustration

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Memorial to plantation owner and slaver John Gordon removed from Dorset church

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A memorial to an 18th Century slaver and plantation owner John Gordon has been removed from St Peter’s, Dorchester, reports the BBC. image: for illustration – By Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13586084

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