IHBC Research spotlight: HE on ‘Challenges to Thatch Supply Threaten Vital Rural Industry’

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC
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The majority of growers and producers of cereal straw for England’s traditional thatching industry are currently relying on old, inefficient and unreliable machinery, according to a new Historic England report: Machinery for Harvesting and Processing Cereal Straw for Thatching Phase 1 Report.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings Home Page double-up on IHBC’s Student Awards (new date) and HESPR (new category)

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week’s news features Designing Buildings Home Page ‘double-up’ on IHBC’s Student Awards and HESPR’s new Climate Change Adaptation service.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘Lottery’ doorstep’: Cherished churches and heritage receive £7.4M, thanks to Lottery players

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC

From restoring buildings with centuries of choral heritage to championing environmental sustainability, The Heritage Fund is celebrating heritage gems that will thrive again thanks to National Lottery players.

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Registration data reflects Building Control Profession’s commitment to high standards

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC
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Building Control registration data indicates a growing number of professionals joining the registered ranks, reflecting the industry’s commitment to upholding high standards.

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Report from Historic Buildings Council for Northern Ireland: 2020-2023, now out

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC

Report of the Historic Buildings Council for Northern Ireland: 2020-2023 published on 19 July 2024.

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From Church to Cultarlann: AHF supports creation of Scotland’s first Gaelic Cultural Centre

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has awarded a Project Development Grant to Cultarlann Inbhir Nis to progress plans to establish a Gaelic Cultural Centre, following up on its earlier, successful investment.

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England’s Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy speaks at the Science and Industry Museum

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC
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Lisa Nandy has declared that culture, media and sport sectors are crucial to the government’s national growth mission in a speech at the Science and Industry Museum.

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CIC event update: Sector experts highlight collaboration as key to competency in Built Environment

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC
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Sector experts highlight cross-sector collaboration is vital in shaping a more dynamic, skilled and adaptable construction and built environment workforce, reports the Construction Industry Council (CIC).

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The world of Suffolk’s remarkable churches unveiled

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC

‘Guides to Suffolk Churches Online’ launched on the 50th anniversary of the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust (SHCT) Foundation Day (21st December 1972).

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Five urban centres in Ireland awarded €32Mn under Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme

Posted on 03/09/2024 by IHBC

Five urban centres are set to benefit from funding of up to €7 million each under THRIVE, the Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme, awarded under Ireland’s two European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Programmes.

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IHBC welcomes ODs, DODs, HODs & EHODs: Open Days for locally-led heritage resources and projects across September

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is once again delighted to welcome the suite of volunteer-led and publicly supported events across September that open access to local heritage places and resources: Open Doors (Wales), Doors Open Days (Scotland), Heritage Open Days (England) & European Heritage Open Days (Northern Ireland), with many supported by IHBC members as volunteers.

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IHBC’s ‘History’ and amenity spotlight: Historic Buildings & Places’ Online Centenary Lecture – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘…what do conservation officers do (all day)?’ – 17/09

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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IHBC government officer and awards adviser Bob Kindred MBE will discuss the role of conservation officers in heritage management in an online lecture, part of a series celebrating the centenary of Historic Buildings & Places, formerly the Ancient Monuments Society (Free for HB&P members; £4 for non-members.

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years to 31 July 2024, simply forward it online to us and see if you can win £500 cash, to be presented at our Annual School in Shrewsbury in June 2025.

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IHBC’s Research spotlight: New House of Commons Research Briefing: ‘Maintaining and funding war memorials’

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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A new Commons Library collates some useful resources for individuals seeking information on funding, maintenance and other war memorial related questions.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £18K of works this week: Borough calls for pre-procurement work for community project, to 06/09

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC

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 Borough’s call for a pre-procurement exercise on a Community project, to 06/09.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: Cultural funding – challenges and opportunities, from the LGA

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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Councils are the biggest public funder of culture, notes Local Government Association (LGA), this core funding has come under huge strain in recent years because of pressure on budgets, so it commissioned a series of infographics to illustrate the challenges and opportunities in cultural funding which councils are facing.

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More than 95% of planners call for change to strategic planning as government consults on NPPF

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC

The new government has made it clear that it intends to promote a more strategic approach to planning, as new research reveals overwhelming support for effective strategic planning in England across the public and private sectors.

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English cathedrals become registered charities

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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All 41 Church of England cathedrals have become registered charities, co-regulated by the Charity Commission and Church Commissioners.

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CIAT collaborates with CIOB, CIfA, Icon to launch ‘The Arc’, an historic built environment online resource.

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC

The Arc is an online resource for clients and stakeholders in the built and historic environment sectors.

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Women into construction ceases trading after 16 years

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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After 16 Years of Changing the Face of Construction, Women into Construction has ceased trading as of 15th August 2024.

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Major demolition project approved for Sizewell A

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) has been given planning consent to demolish the turbine hall and electrical annexe at Sizewell A site.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: A view on planning in Labour, from the World Architecture Festival 6-8/24, Singapore

Posted on 30/08/2024 by IHBC
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Jeremy Melvin has posted a his view on the history of planning in Labour as part of the World Architecture Festival.

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

Posted on 27/08/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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CLOSING SOON: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2024: Celebrating ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, enter work from 2022 by 1/09 2024

Posted on 27/08/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2024 joint Heritage Research Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, with submissions welcomed to 1 September 2024 for research carried out from 2022 on.

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