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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: 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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