HE says: ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ as it aims to support developers in their journey to reusing historic buildings

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC
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Historic England’s new ‘Heritage Works for Housing’ sets out how heritage can work for housing, to enable and facilitate the reuse of historic buildings to deliver more homes and better outcomes for all.

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Civic Voice Responds to the King’s Speech Announcements

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC

Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement in England, has welcomed the announcements made in the King’s Speech, particularly those that directly align with our mission to promote and support civic pride and community-led planning.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire blaze

Posted on 02/08/2024 by IHBC
image for illustration: Rouen and the Cathedral in 1525, from the ‘Livre des Fontaines’ by Jacques Le Lieur – Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia

The spire of a famous Gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen caught fire, prompting an evacuation, local officials say as images posted on X by the prefecture show black smoke billowing from a canopy and scaffolding at the top of the building, which is about 150m (495ft) tall.

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IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 2: Special Features update, from slavery, world heritage and grottos to a library battle… just to start

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, as well as its themed articles – on heritage and nature – includes a wide range of topical features, with the spotlight here on John Preston’s ‘Take 2’ on a library battle that ‘shows what can happen when heritage comes low in local authority priorities, despite the best efforts of conservation officers.’

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

Posted on 30/07/2024 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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Join IHBC’s Consultations Panel: Your chance to keep up on conservation policy, legislation, guidance and much more, while building skills and CPD

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

IHBC members are invited to join the IHBC’s longstanding Consultations Panel, which offers the chance to offer your take on conservation practice, principles and standards into the IHBC’s conclusions on emerging policy, legislation and guidance, shaping the conservation outcomes of the future as well as your own Continuing Professional Development (CPD).logo

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing 30 August.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Arch Daily reports on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of Climate Retrofits’

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

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’s special news features Arch Daily on ‘The Hidden Carbon Cost of Climate Retrofits’.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (council) doorstep’: Built Heritage Commission for Glasgow established by Council

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC
image for illustration: By Ian Dick from Glasgow, UK – Dawn over Glasgow, CC BY 2.0

A Built Heritage Commission (BHC) for Glasgow has now been established to provide advice on a wide variety of heritage related matters in the city.

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Shortlist for CITB Top 100 most influential women in construction 2024 announced

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC
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The shortlist for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ‘Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction 2024’ is now out.

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Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre to become non-domestic retrofit demonstrator

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC
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BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) has announced that it has been awarded over £1.2M in grant funding from the Scottish Government’s Salix Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund, to retrofit the Accelerator Lab at its Hamilton Technology Park Innovation Campus – which houses Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre.

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RTPI Blog on Volunteering:…’a great way to grow your network’

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC

The RTPI blog on volunteering is from Ifeanyi Chukwujekwu, a chartered planner and an Appeals Planning Officer at the Planning Inspectorate, as he promotes volunteering as a rewarding activity with great networking opportunities.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Australian Government bans use, supply & manufacture of engineered stone

Posted on 30/07/2024 by IHBC
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Australia has banned the use, supply and manufacture of engineered stone. The ban will start on 1 July 2024 and will apply to engineered stone benchtops, slabs and panels.

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IHBC’s Context 180’s BUMPER issue, Part 1: Explore ‘Where heritage and nature meet’, and see the ‘but’ in being doomed, with life, death, Forests, bats, landscapes and much more

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

The new issue of the IHBC’s members’ journal, Context, No. 180, moves beyond Churchill’s take on ‘architecture shaping us’ to argue that ‘we have [now] come to realise that what we build has a fundamental effect on the planet and its climate, and vice versa’.

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing 30 August.

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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ signpost: DB on ‘Construction industry reactions to the election result’

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

Designing Buildings (DB) has published some of the reactions to the election result as they are published by construction industry bodies.

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

Posted on 26/07/2024 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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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £275K works this week: Heritage charity seeks design team for iconic heritage project design and delivery, to 21/08

Posted on 26/07/2024 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 call from a national charity for a Design Team to design, etc.  Phase 1 of an iconic country house project, closing 21/08.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (pub’s) doorstep’: Pub landlord threatened over huge mural painted on side of historic inn

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

Pub landlord Martin Peel, 52, had an 8ft mural of a Hereford bull painted on the side of the 16th century Grade II-listed Bull’s Head pub in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, reports the Coventry Telegraph.

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Civic Voice responds to Labour’s housing and planning reform announcements

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC
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Civic Voice has responded to the inaugural address of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP has outlined Labour’s agenda aimed at boosting the UK economy and addressing critical housing challenges.

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HE issues ‘New Advice on Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency’

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC
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Historic England (HE) has produced a new Advice Note to provide clarity and support on adapting historic buildings for energy and carbon efficiency.

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Heritage Alliance Briefing on the King’s Speech now out

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC
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The Heritage Alliance (THA) has issued a briefing on the King’s Speech delivered by King Charles III, which ‘lacked any major surprises, but reiterated the Government’s core priorities on planning reform, growth, improving public services, and mission-led governance.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Irish Government publishes Heritage and Climate Adaptation Guidance for Local Authorities

Posted on 26/07/2024 by IHBC

Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage(DHLGH), Ireland has published on 5 July 2024 ‘Heritage and Climate Adaptation Guidance for Local Authorities…’

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Wales Branch Conference: In-person update from heritage at risk projects & the Historic Environment Wales Act, tour and branch AGM, on 20/09

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

The conference, at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, includes as well as a site visit, updates on Heritage at Risk (HAR) in Wales and what the new Historic Environment Act will mean for conservation in Wales, from Charles Mynors, from £40 (limited student concessions).

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IHBC launches Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot for Local Authority conservation staff (with personal guidance too): Open to applicants from 15/07 to 30/08/2024, so pass the word!

Posted on 23/07/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC will soon launch a new Affiliate Fast-Track Pilot – developed from recent pilots – specifically aimed at helping existing Local Authority heritage, planning and conservation staff progress from Supporter to Affiliate membership, and maybe beyond, with applications closing 30 August.

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