Daily Archives: 08/09/2023

IHBC asks members: Are you aware of heritage buildings threatened by RAAC? If so, please let us know at services@ihbc.org.uk

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC is asking members to help us, and/or England’s The Heritage Alliance (THA), scope heritage issues linked to the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) problems currently headlining mainly for their impact on schools in England. image: for illustration – … Continue reading →

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IHBC offers condolences on death of founding-director of Cathedral Communication, IHBC’s publishers and advisers

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC offers our sincere condolences on the death of Gordon Sorensen, Cathedral Communications Director, and longstanding supporter of IHBC publications, especially Context and our Yearbook, with a tribute to be published in the December issue of Context. image courtesy … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost: ‘Will AI ever be able to design buildings?’ DB asks ChatGPT

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

A new Designing Building post asks ChatGPT if ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI), will ever be able to design buildings. image for illustration

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £169K+ costed works: Duo of heritage projects from Scotland – one monitoring, one masterplanning – from £29K

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week features two calls from Scotland: for contractor support for heritage monitoring & evaluation, and for … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage (previously) from the doorstep’: Stirling’s Christie Clock Tower demolition ‘over safety’ sparks Council investigation

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

A clock tower which stood in Stirling for 117 years has been controversially and dramatically demolished by the local council over safety fears., and the Council has promised an investigation. image: for illustration – Christie Clock, Stirling by AllyD – … Continue reading →

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£4.1M helps save remarkable heritage at risk in Wales, including Gwrych Castle

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

Lifesaving support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) COVID-19 Response Fund for buildings impacted by the pandemic. image: Gwrych Castle, NHMF website

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RICS launches its first Women in Surveying insight report

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

For the first time in the Institution’s history, RICS has produced a ‘Women in surveying: insight report’ that looks at the makeup of membership from a binary gender perspective and analyses the results of the flagship 2022 survey of women … Continue reading →

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HE rolling out ‘Carbon Literacy Training’ courses to sector

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Historic England is looking to deliver Carbon Literacy Training courses across the heritage sector to support organisations on their journeys to Net Zero. image: The Carbon Literacy Project website

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From the Archives of SPAB: How a scandal around fireplaces led to greater protections for ancient buildings

Posted on 08/09/2023 by IHBC

To mark the 110th anniversary of the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendments Act, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has looked at how the threat to Tattershall Castle helped to bring about some of the first real … Continue reading →

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