IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features The Times on how ‘London’s historic sites face ruin as specialist skills dwindle’.
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Emily Wright writes in The Times:
…..’From stonemasonry to heritage joinery and from traditional window-fitting to lime-plastering, these skills have habitually been passed down through the ages, taught by master craftspeople…
The problem….is that the majority of those masters are now in their sixties and seventies, and there are very few willing apprentices…
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IHBC Pre-School CPD Webinars
- Engagement, (mis)understanding and outreach: Do we have the education and skills we need to plan for Adaptive re-use? with Professor John Sturzaker FRTPI, Director of Careers, Education & Planning Aid England at the Royal Town Planning Institute & Dr Alison McCandlish MRTPI IHBC, Lecturer in City Planning at the University of Glasgow.
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Old Buildings, New Rules: Navigating Building Control and Regulations for Adaptive Reuse with Anthony Gwynne & Prof. John Edwards
- Enhancing Adaptive Reuse: An exploration of heritage architectural intervention in international contexts with Alina Holyst
If you have any queries please contact Angharad Hart, Education & Outreach Executive Officer at a.hart@ihbc.org.uk
Join us online on Friday 19 June for the
IHBC Virtual Day School 2026
Although the in-person Full School and Day School are now fully booked we’d love you to join us online and remember that your company colleagues can book the Virtual School at the member rate of £42 …
With a full programme on ‘Adaptive reuse’ led by knowledgeable speakers, and up to 7 hours of CPD, the IHBC Virtual Day School is an opportunity not to be missed!
For offer code and details, just contact your company’s HESPR Designated Service Adviser, as listed on your company’s HESPR page, or email IHBC at contact@ihbc.org.uk.
See more HERE, on IHBC’s Conservation Wiki and ion Context’s archive HERE
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For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC’s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk, as soon as possible.
Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with IHBC Jobs etc, including a targeted email to 2500+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.25,000) and websites with c. 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at contact@ihbc.org.uk
