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- Charles Mynors considers the lessons recent changes in Wales might have for other UK historic environment legislation: REGISTER NOW for IHBC’s next Council online, Wednesday 16 October, 4pm 04/10/2024
- Serious about your career? Sign up to IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service to stay ahead with opportunities from across disciplines, specialisms & levels: facilities, churches, councils & much more 04/10/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s Research & ‘Intervention’ Signpost: New research from the Sustainable Development Foundation – ‘Retrofit-at-scale, how many, how deep, what cost?’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £5.5M of works this week: Arm of international body seeks consultant for site-based participation, to 04/10 and £30K 04/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: High Court rejects oral appeal against tower block decision in historic Bloomsbury 04/10/2024
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) publishes first ever nuclear heritage strategy 04/10/2024
- New Towns Taskforce set to deliver major housebuilding push 04/10/2024
- The Guardian Obituary: John Sell, ‘..spent his career championing the protection of historic buildings and spaces’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Sicilian Cathedral’s stunning mosaics ‘regain golden lustre’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s new ‘IHBC Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Committee Officers & more 01/10/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 01/10/2024
- IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10 01/10/2024
- IHBC HESPR’s own ‘Special Interest ‘News from the Sector’’ update 01/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Railway) doorstep’: Network Rail unveils new ‘Harry’s Wall’ at site of iconic Holmes Chapel landmark 01/10/2024
- Met Office launches beta ‘Local Authority Climate Service’ 01/10/2024
- Mayor of London and Government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street 01/10/2024
- £1Mn donation by playwright Ken Ludwig supports conservation efforts at historic home of Shakespeare’s daughter 01/10/2024
- Unusual Bridge Across the Basingstoke Canal Listed 01/10/2024
- HES Grants Funding Report 2023-24 now out 01/10/2024
- RICS pledges initial £90,000 to student bursary programme 01/10/2024
- Scotland’s amenity lead, AHSS, advocates for heritage protection in response to Scottish Government’s new PDRs 01/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: The St. Anne’s Church fire in Toronto – a cautionary tale to preserve heritage 01/10/2024
- Join IHBC’s Council online on 16 October, 4pm, as Charles Mynors follows up on #IHBCReading2024: Free IHBC training, insights, CPD & more, exclusive to all IHBC member categories 27/09/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 27/09/2024
Daily Archives: 10/09/2024
IHBC North West Branch: Historic Building Conservation Award 2024, to 4 October
The IHBC North West (NW) Branch ‘Conservation Award’ for 2024 is open to nominations to 4 October, looking for the project that demonstrates best historic building conservation practice in the North West.
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PROGRAMME LAUNCHED for IHBC London Branch Day Conference: 1 October 2024 – ‘A Walk on the Wild Side: Balancing the Built and Natural Environments’
The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 Day conference, on 1 October, looks at the conflicts that can arise between the conservation of the natural and of the historic environment and how these might be resolved in this year’s wide-ranging and celebrated … Continue reading
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Wales Branch Conference: In-person update from heritage at risk projects & the Historic Environment Wales Act, tour and branch AGM, on 20/09
The conference, at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, includes as well as a site visit, updates on Heritage at Risk (HAR) in Wales and what the new Historic Environment Act will mean for conservation in Wales, from Charles Mynors, from £40 (limited … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: Government policy statement on new towns, and the independent New Towns Taskforce
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A policy statement on new towns offers the Government’s vision for a new generation of new towns.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fresh plans to demolish historic Hillhead Baptist Church building Glasgow for flats
image for illustration: Hillhead Baptist Church by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Official plans have been submitted to demolish former Hillhead Baptist Church building, a historic Glasgow church, and build flats in its place, reports The Glasgow Times.
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HES’s Buildings at Risk Register on pause as new review says ‘insufficient evidence to demonstrate… significant impact in bringing buildings back into use’
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a review of the Buildings at Risk Register (BARR), currently maintained by HES, which ‘found that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the BARR has a significant impact in bringing buildings back into … Continue reading
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AHRC (HE & EH) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Call for Proposals 2024 open to 29/11, on digital, paint, paths, open spaces & compounded climate change hazards
Historic England (HE) and English Heritage (EH) have announced their 2024 Call for Proposals for Round 4 of their AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) programme, open to 29 November and targeting digital heritage, paint, paths, open spaces and compounded … Continue reading
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CLC: Demonstrating Organisational Capability with the Common Assessment Standard
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has welcomed the latest version of the Common Assessment Standard, the industry-agreed pre-qualification standard developed by Build UK and endorsed by the CLC.
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New President for Stone Federation (2024-2026): Adrian Attwood
The Stone Federation has announced its new Stone Federation president (2024-2026) as Adrian Attwood, executive director of Stone Federation member, DBR Limited. Attwood succeeds former president, Chris Kelsey.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Ireland‘s ‘… Heritage Climate Action – Climate Change… Plan’ update, 2024
image for illustration The ‘Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan for Built and Archaeological Heritage’ – one of nine sectoral plans published in 2019 – outlines five adaptation goals for built and archaeological heritage in Ireland, and maps them onto an … Continue reading
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