The IHBC has welcomed the research recently released by Historic England into the impact of infrastructure works on archaeology capacity, and looks forward to comparable informed research into conservation impacts, noting that the IHBC’s 2017 School offers a perfect platform for their progress.
John Preston, IHBC Policy Committee Vice Chair and former Education Secretary said: ‘The IHBC welcomes this detailed investigation of the impacts of infrastructure work on archaeological capacity, while we also look forward to contributing to discussions when HE undertakes its investigation into the implications of these current and prospective infrastructure works for historic and built environment conservation specialists and professions.’
‘Indeed the IHBC’s 2017 Annual School in Manchester will take ‘Infrastructure’ as its theme, so hopefully Historic England, as a consistent supporter of our annual conferences, will look to that as the perfect forum to progress any queries or conclusions it may have helped progress on the key issue for many professionals, practitioners, and communities in the heritage sector: integrating conservation capacity and skills into infrastructure works!’
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