The IHBC has offered its congratulations to the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and National Trust partnership that brought the sell-out conference on ‘How to make historic buildings work for you’, at Somerset House on 17 March, where IHBC officers Seán O’Reilly and Carla Pianese fielded a huge range of queries and observations on IHBC membership at the Institute’s stand in the western bowels of the the Grade 1 Chambers, Smirke and Pennethorne complex.
Speakers included Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy and chartered engineer, who said ‘I love historic buildings’, and Lord Inglewood, who noted that the three rules for older buildings are ‘Maintain, Maintain. Maintain’.
Other speakers included IHBC members Rory Cullen, who introduced the day, John Edwards – IHBC trustee – who ‘debunked myths’ with the help of BS7913, the conservation standard from BSI, and Trevor Barfoot, Affiliate of the IHBC.
For more on Somerset House see the website
For more background to the event see the IHBC newsblogs
For select online reporting see IHBC’s twitter and Facebook accounts linked form our Home Page
For BS 7913 and links to purchasing your IHBC branded, low-cost, laminated copy see the IHBC newsblogs
