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- IHBC’s SelfStarter opens accessible learning to all: On our Home Page, with new branding, updates & more for emerging Conservation Professionals – so say what more you need 14/02/2025
- IHBC calls for Vice President nominees (to 24/02): Help lead IHBC’s Council from our FIRST hybrid Council, in London and online, 24 March 2025 – ‘Statements’ due 24 February 2025 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s Council ‘Diary Date’: On 24 March, welcome IHBC’s next President Rebecca Thompson, new VPs, Mike Brown in new role, with Asset Management CPD & more, all at IHBC’s FIRST blended Council, from London’s Charterhouse 14/02/2025
- Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Amenity & Professional’ Signpost from 2024: Cardiff Coal Exchange on Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list for the second time 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £595K of weekly works: Council seeks architectural practice with conservation lead for ‘iconic project’ to 10/03 and £500K 14/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Lewes’ Gail’s makes fresh bid to keep new doors 14/02/2025
- HOL Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘Grey belt’ land development won’t help the Government reach its ambitious housebuilding targets 14/02/2025
- CIC on new industry initiative to promote Built Environment careers in Schools and College from the BE Schools Trust 14/02/2025
- RIBA condemns ‘ill-advised’ ARB accreditation rule 14/02/2025
- MHCLG seeks ‘Technical independent advisers’ for College of Experts 14/02/2025
- Consultation on ‘Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings’ regime, to 26/02 14/02/2025
- Scottish House Condition Survey 2023: Key findings published 14/02/2025
- National Trust launches new 10-year Strategy for 2025-2035 14/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘What’s URBACT up to in 2025?’ 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s February ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious and time-sensitive conservation learning – events, awards, calls and more – including welcomes to new Providers 12/02/2025
- Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025 12/02/2025
- IHBC calls for Vice President nominees (to 24/02): Help lead IHBC’s Council from our FIRST hybrid Council, from London and online, 24 March 2025 – ‘Statements’ due 24 February 2025 12/02/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming 13 May: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case 12/02/2025
- IHBC Research Signpost: ‘Developing a People Centred Place-Led Approach: The Value of the Arts and Humanities’, from Glasgow University 12/02/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Planning Resource on Reeves on the ‘boost infrastructure delivery’ plan 12/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic seafront structures on Southsea Promenade Portsmouth restored as part of a coastal defence scheme 12/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’:Britain’s oldest public beach hut set to be demolished by Council 12/02/2025
- UK Government: 85 local treasures to be saved and restored 12/02/2025
- Policy Lab: People-centred and participatory policymaking 12/02/2025
Daily Archives: 05/01/2024
The New Year Honours List 2024: IHBC welcomes honours recognising personal contributions to linked sectors
The IHBC’s Chair David McDonald has welcomed the recognition of their personal contributions to the diverse sectors, disciplines, roles and activities on which sustainable and effective conservation outcomes rely, including especially the IHBC’s own Philip Davies.
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IHBC offers New Year cheers for ‘Top 20 articles of 2023’ from Designing Buildings’
Designing Buildings (DB) – partner host of the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – has issued its Top 20 articles of 2023, which range from ‘Bill of quantities‘ (1), through Megacities (5) to Building Services (20), offering a full range of … Continue reading
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LAST DAY… IHBC seeks paid expert leads for priority new topics in Branch CPD training: ‘Fire Protection’, ‘Enforcement’ and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’: Closing tomorrow, 6 January 2024
The IHBC is seeking ‘expressions of interest’ from nationally recognised lead conservation experts in three new priority areas: ‘Fire Protection & Regulations’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Placemaking & Design Codes’ as it expands the IHBC Branch CPD training pilot, which funds locally … Continue reading
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Reminder: IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 2-3 Feb 2024
The IHBC is delighted to offer free entry for our members to the Listed Property Owners Club’s (LPOC) annual London Listed Property Show, on 2-3 February in London’s Olympia (pre-booking essential).
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IHBC ‘Research for Practice’ Signpost: Bartlett study highlights unhealthy impacts of permitted development homes
Thousands of homes built under office-to-residential permitted development rights could be harmful to the health of their occupants, an exploratory study by the Bartlett School of Planning has indicated. image for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £790K+ works: Combined authority seeks business consultant for heritage etc. services, closing 26/01, valued £90K
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 the call from a combined authority for a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Highland) Doorstep’: Sheik needs new lodge in Highlands for entourage
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum wants to build an 11-bedroom lodge on the 63,000 acre Inverinate Estate, reports the Press and Journal, ‘because of the sheikh’s entourage’.
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Land trusts: Consultation on corruption crackdown in the property sector, to 21/02
A government consultation has been launched on how to ensure greater transparency and tackle corruption in the property sector, by making it clearer who owns land trusts, closing 21/02. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0
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Case study from the BBC: West Midlands churches etc. helped by LPW funding to ease VAT pain on repairs
A BBC post highlights how dozens of churches and cathedrals in the West Midlands have been helped by thousands of pounds in funding towards their VAT costs on building repairs, thanks to The Listed Places of Worship (LPW) Grant Scheme. … Continue reading
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Defining 2023 in digital construction – the best-read BIM stories from BIMPlus
Standards, the golden thread, digital twins, a TV documentary and, yes, AI and ChatGPT dominated the headlines this year for BIMPlus, as it lists the top 10 most popular BIM stories of 2023, from tenth to first. image for illustration
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Canada hotel (220-tonne) move helped with 700 soap bars
A 220-tonne hotel of 1826 in Canada’s Nova Scotia, which faced demolition, was saved and moved using an unusual method – hundreds of bars of soap. image for illustration
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