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- IHBC’s November ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious learning, sector awards, calls and much more (including a CMP query!), with a simpler format too 08/11/2024
- IHBC ‘Research, Records & Analysis’ Signpost: The new ‘Arches for HERs’ Demo site, from the Getty Conservation Institute via HE 08/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Manchester soccer and government join up for regeneration at Trafford Wharfside 08/11/2024
- New era opens for Welsh historic environment legislation: Cabinet Statement welcomes ‘the most up-to-date historic environment legislation amongst the UK nations’ 08/11/2024
- Lottery: £30M awarded to 15 heritage projects ahead of our 30th birthday 08/11/2024
- RTPI proposes ‘Interim route map to strategic planning’ 08/11/2024
- Cultural organisations pledge commitment to change after major study into workforce dynamics 08/11/2024
- CIRIA and RSK Geosciences aim to produce first construction sector climate change guide 08/11/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: City Competitiveness Redefined, from ARUP – the cities to thrive in the era of climate change 08/11/2024
- IHBC’s new ‘Board insight’ for members & readers: IHBC NewsBlogs etc as prompts & reminders to Trustees on recent achievements 05/11/2024
- Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories 05/11/2024
- IHBC’s Finance & Economics Signpost: British Land on ‘Brownfield’ – how to deliver more growth, homes & jobs, with communities’ 05/11/2024
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Designing Buildings site features IHBC NewsBlogs etc to c.20K development sector users, from Scotland’s Standards to education from Venice 05/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (demolition) doorstep’: ‘Existential threat’ of ‘Embodied Carbon Briefing’ to demolition 05/11/2024
- National Churches Trust: The house of good & easing pressures on the NHS 05/11/2024
- Dorset dairy farm Wraxall Yard wins 2024 Stephen Lawrence Prize 05/11/2024
- Great Yarmouth winter gardens restoration wins AJ retrofit award 05/11/2024
- Ombudsman shares 100+ maladministration cases on damp & mould ahead of Awaab’s Law 05/11/2024
- UVAC warns of threat to public services posed by reform of government’s apprenticeship levy 05/11/2024
- James Grierson appointed Chair of the Victorian Society 05/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Winnipeg history among ruins of Air Canada Window Park demolition 05/11/2024
- Serious about your career? Sign up to IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service & ‘Stay Ahead’, with opportunities across disciplines, specialisms & levels, from estates to fabric, ecclesiastical to public, and Net Zero to Design Review, with much more too! 01/11/2024
- IHBC@ICOMOS-CIF’s anniversary Symposium with RIBA, ‘Peace and War: Educating for Conservation or for Reconstruction?, blended from Venice, 4-6/11 01/11/2024
- Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories 01/11/2024
- IHBC’s ‘History’ Spotlight: HE’s brief introduction to the history of England’s Village Greens 01/11/2024
Daily Archives: 25/10/2024
IHBC’s Council Update: On planning law reform in Wales, extends President’s term to March, & explores current priorities and more
The IHBC’s Council, the Institute’s inclusive advisory and training body open to all members, held its eighth online meeting on 16 October, with 160 IHBC members attending.
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Tagged building, environment, expertise, government, planning
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IHBC@ICOMOS-CIF’s anniversary Symposium with RIBA, ‘Peace and War: Educating for Conservation or for Reconstruction?, blended from Venice, 4-6/11
image for illustration: Fiona Newton Among those exploring the ICOMOS-CIF 2024 Symposium on 4-6 November, on ‘… Educating for Conservation…’, led by Cristina González-Longo, ICOMOS CIF President, and celebrating its 40th anniversary with the RIBA, will be IHBC Director Séan … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1M+ of weekly works: Trust seeks design & build heritage-linked services, to 11/11, and £39K+
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 is a call from a Welsh Trust for design … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Portsmouth) doorstep’ 1: Bid to list Portsmouth’s Civic Offices fails as campaigners fear demolition
image for illustration: Portsmouth, Civic Offices by Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Disappointment has been expressed after a bid to have Portsmouth’s civic offices listed failed – which it is feared will pave the way for its … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Portsmouth) doorstep’ 2: Cathedral wins £118K Lottery funds for Visitor Experience space
Portsmouth Cathedral has announced it has been awarded nearly £118,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform the visitor experience within the Cathedral.
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ARB consultation on new Code of Conduct & Practice for Architects, to 12/12
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a consultation on a new Code of Conduct and Practice for Architects, to close 12 December.
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England’s Planning Reform Working Paper on ‘Brownfield Passports’ seeks public input to ‘inform discussions with the sector’
A Government paper is inviting views on further action the government could take through the planning system to support the development of brownfield land in urban areas and its ‘Brownfield Passports’ initiative.
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MHCLG Demolition and retrofit survey launched to inform England’s National Planning Policy: Open to 31/10
image for illustration A new survey from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the future of national planning policy, specifically regarding the demolition, redevelopment, and retrofit of buildings, has been launched.
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Launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 September saw the official launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH) at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Implosion brings down Tropicana casino in Vegas to make way for baseball stadium
image for illustration: The Tropicana, Las Vegas by Matthäus Wander, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Las Vegas — Sin City – said goodbye to the Tropicana in an elaborate implosion that demolished ‘the last true mob building on the … Continue reading
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