Daily Archives: 30/07/2024

IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 2: Special Features update, from slavery, world heritage and grottos to a library battle… just to start

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, as well as its themed articles – on heritage and nature – includes a wide range of topical features, with the spotlight here on John Preston’s ‘Take 2’ on … Continue reading

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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024 now open: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed … Continue reading

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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD

IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of … Continue reading

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing … Continue reading

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Arch Daily reports on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of Climate Retrofits’

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week’s special news features Arch Daily on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep’: Built Heritage Commission for Glasgow established by Council

image for illustration: By Ian Dick from Glasgow, UK – Dawn over Glasgow, CC BY 2.0 A Built Heritage Commission (BHC) for Glasgow has now been established to provide advice on a wide variety of heritage related matters in the … Continue reading

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Shortlist for CITB Top 100 most influential women in construction 2024 announced

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The shortlist for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ‘Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction 2024’ is now out.

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Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre to become non-domestic retrofit demonstrator

image for illustration BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) has announced that it has been awarded over £1.2M in grant funding from the Scottish Government’s Salix Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund, to retrofit the Accelerator Lab at its Hamilton Technology … Continue reading

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RTPI Blog on Volunteering:…’a great way to grow your network’

The RTPI blog on volunteering is from Ifeanyi Chukwujekwu, a chartered planner and an Appeals Planning Officer at the Planning Inspectorate, as he promotes volunteering as a rewarding activity with great networking opportunities.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Australian Government bans use, supply & manufacture of engineered stone

image for illustration Australia has banned the use, supply and manufacture of engineered stone. The ban will start on 1 July 2024 and will apply to engineered stone benchtops, slabs and panels.

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