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- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s CPD Blog from #IHBCShrewsbury2025: Some ‘Academic Reflections on the IHBC Annual School… and participation’ from Dr Alison McCandlish IHBC, University of Glasgow 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 07/10/2025
- IHBC launches FREE ‘Events Calendar’ submission form – with potential for inclusion in our celebrated monthly CPD Circular 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost ‘The Big Think’ UK Heritage Pulse update – Sector-wide collaboration and relevance 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost looks back: Why Foxglove and Global Action Plan are opposing the Woodlands data centre 07/10/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD on regen in Newcastle – UK Design Capital of the Year & IHBC 2026 School Venue 07/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Victorian engine found in attic of former Scots jail ‘one of three in world’ 07/10/2025
- 2024 ICOMOS Annual Report now available 07/10/2025
- C20 welcomes listing of Sir David Chipperfield’s first UK building (1987-89), 1 Cobham Mews Studios in Camden 07/10/2025
- From the Carbon Trust’s Insight Series: New draft Net Zero Standard version 2.0, and ‘What it means for corporates’ 07/10/2025
- Adults’ People and Nature Survey Results Released 07/10/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Climate Heritage Network ‘Refresher on the Global Call to Put Culture at the heart of Climate Action’ 07/10/2025
- Presidential invite to IHBC’s ‘members-only’ online Council Wednesday 8 October, 4.30pm, on ‘Heritage Skills & the Conservation Professional’, Charter explorations & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s October ‘CPD Circular’: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch events, CPD Partnerships, Lime, Lutyens & more 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: Free entry to Listed Property Show, Malvern, 10-11/10… just email Charlie, or bring your IHBC business card! 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s Professional Signpost: Historic Rochester Grade II listed bridge undergoes detailed principal inspection 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £87.5K+ weekly works: Social landlord seeks affordable housing services, to 10/10, £84K 03/10/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Decision on plan for Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands sign 03/10/2025
- Housing Secretary issues ‘call to arms’ to ‘build, baby, build’ 03/10/2025
- Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘The Environment in Focus’, open to suggestions to 10 Oct 03/10/2025
- Surge in 18–25-year-old new members as National Trust annual report reveals growth of 39% 03/10/2025
- Edinburgh’s Cockburn Association welcomes new Director, Rowan Brown 03/10/2025
IHBC West Midlands’ CPD Day celebrates 50th anniversary of Conservation Areas…: 9 March, Coventry
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IHBC’s newest CPD provider, Mike Wye Associates, wins local and national awards, and offers IHBC members 10% discounts
Sustainable and Traditional Building Specialists, Mike Wye & Associates in Devon, the IHBC’s newest CPD provider, has recently received a suite of awards, national and local, and to mark these achievements offers IHBC members a 10% discount.
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IHBC CPD boost, via CIOB’s BIM+: Recreating Sir John Soane’s Bank of England
Last year, Hoare Lea was one of the runners up in Project Soane, an ambitious competition to digitally recreate Sir John Soane’s Bank of England, and on CIOB’s BIM+ service, their free to air, independent and professional resource for BIM, Karam Bhamra and Dominic Meyrick explain why the company took part and what they learned.
CIOB’s BIM+ writes (extract): What was the business justification for taking part in Project Soane?
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IHBC’s BD CPD nod: ‘Successful places (like Brick Lane) need creativity, enthusiasm and collaboration, not money and masterpieces’
Martin Evans writes in Building Design (BD) of how the Old Truman Brewery in London’s Brick Lane is one of Europe’s most distinctive and valuable pieces of real estate but it was not created by a property developer and there has barely been an architect near it.
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Heritage values include the name, as Glasgow’s ‘Willow Tea Rooms’ owner wins battle for ownership
The woman who ran The Willow Tea Rooms on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street for more than 30 years has won a legal battle to keep its name – opposing the Willow Tea Rooms Trust’s attempts to secure the trademark – as the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) told BBC Scotland that her challenge had been successful.
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Call for evidence on the roles etc. of NHMF and HLF
The government has announced a call for evidence on the roles and responsibilities of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Five Masons are among the Livery Companies 2017 Master Craftsmen
There were five stonemasons among the skilled craftspeople who received the Livery Company accolade of Master Craftsman this year, presented at Merchant Tailors Hall in the City of London by the Lord Mayor of London, the Rt Hon Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, on 13 February.
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Scottish Community initiative gets £273K from Land Fund to purchase crofting estate with 20+ historic sites
The Garbh Allt Community Initiative – a new organisation set up to pursue a community buyout of the 3000 acre West Helmsdale Crofting Estate –has received a boost of £273,025 from the Scottish Land Fund, as it seeks to take on responsibilities that include 20+ historic sites.
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IHBC shows even more backbone in Manchester as our 2017 School checks out transport infrastructure & civilisation: 22-4 June, with bursaries too…
Booking is now open for the IHBC’s 2017 Annual School, the major training event in the conservation calendar, which this year explores one of the most thrilling heritage resources practitioners can work with – transport infrastructure – and how it serves as ‘the backbone of civilisation’, so join colleagues old and new at the Full School (22-24 June) or the Day school (23 June), and remember we’ll also be making available lots of bursaries for members most in need. Continue reading
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IHBC London Branch joint CPD Day with CIfA: ‘Getting the Historic Environment into Local Plans’ – 28 Feb, 2-5pm
The IHBC’s London Branch is organising a joint seminar with the archaeologists’ professional body CIfA on 28 February toexamine theory, policy and implementation concerning the inclusion of historic environment policies in local plans, with all welcome to the venue on Cowcross Street.
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HESPR, IHBC’s heritage business listing, top tender pick: New gates for St George’s Woolwich, closing 16 March – also on IHBC Jobs etc!
The IHBC’s heritage business listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers its companies weekly HESPR Bulletins that bring tender opportunities together into one handy resource, and the IHBC Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week features a call, also posted on our ‘Jobs etc’ website, from a partnership that includes the Heritage of London Trust Operations (HOLTOP), for an imaginative designer and lead professional to design new west end gates at the Grade II listed ruins of St George’s, Woolwich, closing on 16 March, with no value offered.
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IHBC @ c.40% female, as against 5.2% in construction generally, while MPs say gender pay gap to last a generation without action
The Women and Equalities Committee criticised the government’s response to the proposals put forward in its report last March that aimed to eradicate the gender pay gap, as last week, a survey by insurance company AXA revealed that the number of women in the construction industry remains incredibly low – only 5.2% of the total workforce., though about 40% of IHBC’s members are female.
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IHBC member benefits abound as Building Conservation Directory 2017 arrives: from thatch fires to heritage abroad and much more
IHBC members will find many current topics and new developments discussed in the latest Building Conservation Directory (BCD) from IHBC’s publisher Cathedral Communications, with content including current thinking on thatch fires, developments in hot-lime mortars and limewashes, and the plight of Britain’s architectural legacy abroad.
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IHBC student support update: UCL bursaries etc. linked to Institute for Sustainable Heritage and Bartlett – £10-20k, closing April
The Institute for Sustainable Heritage (ISH) is pleased to announce a bursary for the MSc Sustainable Heritage offered by Ecclesiastical Insurance, valued at £20,000 and with a deadline of 17 April, while the Bartlett is offering applicants who hold an offer to commence study on our taught postgraduate programmes in September the opportunity to be considered for one of 10 scholarships, each worth £10,000 with a deadline of 28 April.
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BEFS announces Scotland’s HES database on ‘heritage by constituency’, in advance of elections
Built Environment forum Scotland (BEFS) has announced that, following their encouragement, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has established a database using its existing GIS data so users can search for designated assets by constituency and council ward.
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Construction’s ‘Open Doors’ A chance to go behind the scenes of Britain’s buildings – 27 March to 1 April, UK-wide
Anyone interested in finding out more about a career in construction can now book to visit a site near them as part of this year’s Open Doors, which takes place from Monday 27 March to Saturday 1 April 2017.
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Full steam ahead for plans to develop community assets in Wales: BIG
Transforming old pumphouse buildings, chapels, and drill halls into community spaces and creating sustainable enterprises, arts venues, and business hubs are among projects sharing in £444,941 of grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
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Glasgow’s Old College Bar faces the axe ahead of student accommodation plans
Plans to demolish one of Glasgow’s oldest buildings for a towering student flat development have been submitted to Glasgow City Council.
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IHBC launches new ‘Membership benefits’ page: Let your colleagues see the value in IHBC… and that’s before our accreditation!
It can be hard to keep track of the diverse array of benefits in IHBC membership today, so we have drawn them together into a simple web page listing, so IHBC members can easily direct colleagues to what is on offer for IHBC fees, and that’s before we get to the career benefits of our interdisciplinary professional accreditation!
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IHBC update on ‘BIM4Heritage’ joint conference with COTAC and Ramboll – 9 December 2016
IHBC Affiliate Christina Stuart, architect at Reiach and Hall and the IHBC’s representative on the joint BIM4Heritage initiative led by the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) and Ramboll, offers NewsBlog readers a short summary of the event in advance of a more detailed papers on the event to come from COTAC Chair, Ingval Maxwell OBE.
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HLF five year ‘Bats in Churches’ partnership project
Thousands of bats will be allowed to remain in historic churches under a £5 million Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) scheme that will try to reduce the damage they cause but also requires congregations to accept them as permanent residents.
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Headington Quarry memorial granted Grade II listing
The future of a Headington Quarry war memorial has been secured for future generations after it was granted Grade II listed status.
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St Paul’s Cathedral in appeal to stop bells falling silent
Surveyors to St Paul’s say the condition of the bells has deteriorated and urgent action and £360,000 is required to keep them ringing, and in a worst-case scenario they could drop from their supports, according to a report in The Evening Standard.
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Go behind the scenes of Britain’s building sites
The Open Doors initiative provides a unique chance to see behind the scenes at major ‘live’ construction sites across England, Scotland and Wales, and runs between 27 March-1 April 2017.
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Experience a digital version of Sir John Soane’s Museum
The historic house, museum and library of 19th century architect Sir John Soane has now been digitised, allowing visitors see its fascinating objects and eclectic rooms.
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