Daily Archives: 20/10/2023

IHBC launches updated Competence ‘descriptors’ –  new written guidance on each IHBC Competence

Posted on 20/10/2023 by IHBC

Following extensive consultation and reviews, the IHBC Board has adopted updated Competence ‘descriptors’ – the supplementary guidance detailing each IHBC Competence to be used in our applications and assessments processes – launched today as another outcome from our 25th Anniversary … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost: Scottish Construction Now publishes response to readers’ survey and planning series by Ian Aikman, HOPS chair

Posted on 20/10/2023 by IHBC

Scotland’s leading planner – Ian Aikman, chair of Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS) – has responded to the ‘Scotland’s broken planning system’ series of Scottish Construction Now (SCN), noting the ‘demographic time-bomb’ facing planning departments. image for illustration: Open Government … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £15K+ costed works: Conservation team sought for GB+ building in Northern Ireland, closing 10/11

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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 a call for a conservation team for repair … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (landlord’s) doorstep’: EPCs are useless, wrong and easily rigged – new research

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‘Shocking’ new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged, reports Landlord Today. image for illustration

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Senedd Wales Oral Statement from Deputy Minister: Cadw – on engaging communities with heritage

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On 26 September 2023, an oral statement was made in the Senedd: Cadw by Dawn Bowden Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism on engaging communities with heritage.

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Proposed Desecration of War Memorials (Prevention) (Scotland) Bill: Consultation closes 19/12

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Meghan Gallacher, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party proposes a Members Bill the Desecration of War memorials (prevention)(Scotland), with a consultation closing on 19 December 2023. image: part of the Consultation by Meghan Gallacher MSP Member for Central Scotland

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CLC Biodiversity Roadmap consultation launched

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The Biodiversity and Environmental Net Gain Working Group, a workstream of the Green Construction Board in the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), has launched a consultation on its Biodiversity Roadmap.

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BSI updates PAS 2035/2030 and PAS 2035/2030

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In light of the urgent need to decarbonize 27 million UK homes, British Standards Institution (BSI) has updated the document that describes how to conduct retrofits on existing dwellings to improve their energy efficiency.

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DLUHC call for participation in Authority-Wide Design Codes Survey: closing 31/10

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England’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is inviting local authorities to take part in a short survey (closing 31/10) relating to the requirement proposed in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill for local authorities to prepare an … Continue reading →

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Non-Executive Director sought for UK National Commission for UNESCO, to 14/11

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The UK National Commission for UNESCO is inviting applications for a pro bono Non-Executive Director (NED) with expertise and experience in the field of Culture with a focus on the World Heritage Convention, closing 14/11.

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