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BSI: Revised fire risk assessment standard published

Posted on 19/01/2021 by IHBC

UK national standards body BSI has published a revised version of a fire risk assessment standard that aims to reduce fire risk and improve the safety of non-domestic buildings and housing premises.

image: for illustration purposes only – By Einar Helland Berger
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Historic Photographer of the Year 2020 winners announced

Posted on 19/01/2021 by IHBC

The Historic Photographer of the Year awards showcase the world’s very best historic places and cultural sites from across the globe and 2020’s Awards called on photographers to scour their photographic archive and share their most astonishing imagery of those places which dominate our past. Continue reading →

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‘Delivering design value’: the housing design quality conundrum

Posted on 19/01/2021 by IHBC

UK national standards body BSI has published a revised version of a fire risk assessment standard that aims to reduce fire risk and improve the safety of non-domestic buildings and housing premises.

image: for illustration purposes only – By Einar Helland Berger [CC BY-SA 2.5(https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-sa/2.5)],from Wikimedia Commons

The biennial award is the result of the collaboration between Nigel Williams’ family and the Icon Ceramics & Glass Group, and has a closing date of 2 February.

The IHBC’s latest Toolbox Guidance Note, on ‘Alterations to Listed Buildings’ has been issued following UK-wide consultation.

A ‘Buildings of Ireland’ programme has created links to Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage publications and statutory guidance, relevant legislation, local contacts, resources and reports etc.

A prolific gang stripped the lead from dozens of rural churches across England, including Billingborough and Normanton – causing utter devastation to village communities – reports The Grantham Journal, as part of a two-year crime spree that left churches with bills of more than £2M.

image: for illustration purposes only – Seán O’Reilly

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Hollywood actors Sir Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench are among those campaigning to transform Reading’s former jail – which housed Oscar Wilde between 1895 and 1897, but has been derelict since 2013, before it was put up for sale by the government – into a centre for culture and arts.

United Kingdome Green Building Council (UKGBC) is embarking on an ambitious new project: the development of a net zero whole life carbon roadmap, for launch at COP26.

The winners of the 2020 Street Design Awards – celebrating innovation and best practice in street design across the UK – hgave been announced.

image: Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower – LocalGov website

Clear expectations on the management of Common Good land by local authorities will help make the most of this unique form of ownership for communities, says the latest protocol from the Scottish Land Commission (SLC).

Details have been announced of the task force members who have offered their time and expert advice as government considers how best to support our cities to thrive.

image: for illustration purposes only – Fiona Newton

Ambitious plans to transform the Royal and Ancient (R&A) clubhouse at the Old Course in St Andrews have been given the green light, and will see the female locker rooms located within the main clubhouse for the very first time.

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ARCHIDICT is an illustrative multilingual dictionary for architects, builders, construction workers, designers, architectural technologists and all those interested in architecture and design.

Plans have been approved for a museum of military medicine on the site of a playground and open space in Cardiff Bay despite thousands of objections.

The Dry Stone Walling Association(DSWA) introduces a new master craftsman Simon Morphet from High Bentham in Yorkshire who has become one of the youngest people to successfully achieve the Dry Stone Walling Association’s Master Craftsman qualification.

The government is hoping to make it easier for small, local businesses to win public sector contracts, under planned changes to procurement rules.

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The Construction Leadership Council is calling for a national education programme for UK homeowners to persuade them to spend £525bn on getting the builders in.

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Network Rail has joined forces with national conservation charity The Tree Council to plant more than 80,000 trees and hedgerows across the country this winter, as part of a four-year, £1 million tree planting pledge.

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