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- IHBC’s Council Update: Looking ahead to business on 24 March – first blended Council – with new (& past) Presidents & Vice Presidents, and looking back, on Irish structural engineering CPD ‘across borders’ 24/01/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service helps diverse disciplines, levels and sectors, from St Paul’s Cathedral estate to Cadw works supervision, & inter-governmental heritage care to historic railway business 24/01/2025
- IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025 24/01/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 31 Jan/01 Feb 2025 24/01/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case 24/01/2025
- IHBC’s Finance and Economics Signpost:The AHF is investing in the ‘Future of Heritage’ 24/01/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £8.2M+ of weekly works: BC seeks multi-disciplinary team for design code, to 17/02 & £200K 24/01/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Blenheim Palace gets annual deep clean before £10.4m roof restoration 24/01/2025
- £23M package to support restoration of thousands of listed places of worship 24/01/2025
- World Monuments Fund Announces 2025 Watch: Includes Belfast’s Assembly Rooms… & the Moon! 24/01/2025
- Local authority planning capacity and skills survey: 2023 findings – 97% face skills gaps, 91% struggle with recruitment, & 38% on reduced teams 24/01/2025
- MHCLG seeks ‘Technical independent advisers’ for College of Experts 24/01/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Global) doorstep’: Trump on ‘PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE’ 24/01/2025
- IHBC looks back on Context 181 (Part 2): Special Features update, from coal tar to Blue Plaques and climate impacts, for insightful and accessible learning and CPD 21/01/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 31 Jan/01 Feb 2025 21/01/2025
- IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025 21/01/2025
- IHBC ‘Research’ Signpost: Historic England’s Heritage Indicator Data update – Part of Heritage Counts 21/01/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming soon: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case 21/01/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen signposts the 25 most significant 21st century buildings… so far, starting with the Tate Modern 21/01/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Former St Joseph’s Orphanage site had ‘community protection notice’ served on it 21/01/2025
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) turns 50 21/01/2025
- Reminder: HE & partners’ ACHTaxonomies Research Project seeks evidence, participants etc. to ‘articulate the economic value of heritage’ – open to 30/01 21/01/2025
- Membership of new Creative Industries Taskforce announced 21/01/2025
- CMS Parliamentary Committee Inquiry call for evidence: ‘Protecting built heritage’… Importance & Barriers, open to 3 February 2025 21/01/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global (UK Research) doorstep 2’: UKRI developing new research data policy framework 21/01/2025
Tag Archives: construction
IHBC features ‘Heritage on the global (COP29) doorstep’ 2: International definitions for low-carbon cement and concrete launched to fast-track green procurement
image for illustration: Post of Azerbaijan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons International definitions for low carbon cement and concrete were launched at COP29, the Global Cement and Concrete Association – GCCA – reports, standards ‘crucial to providing a key reference … Continue reading
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Tagged building, climate change, concrete, construction, environment, expertise, materials
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CLC: Statement on Standard Appointment Terms – Voices concerns at amendments to approved contracts
image for illustration The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has voiced its concerns about the ‘ongoing practice’ in the construction sector, of ‘industry-approved forms of contract being amended by clients and their solicitors to introduce terms that are onerous and/or difficult … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, contract, insurance, legal, services
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Govt: Planning overhaul to reach 1.5 million new homes
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 An overhaul of the planning system to accelerate housebuilding and deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament, Government reports.
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Tagged climate change, construction, environment, government, housing, nature, planning, rural
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CIC etc. consultation: Competence framework for sustainability in the built environment , to 16/11
The Climate Change Committee of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) with partners has issues its ‘Consultation Draft Of ‘Competence Frameworks For The Built Environment – Core Criteria for Sustainability Competence – Code Of Practice’, open to consultation to 16 November.
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Tagged climate change, construction, consultation, environment
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Consultation on CIC-linked ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability’ open to 16/11/2024
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 the Edge, working within Workstream 10 of the Climate Change Committee of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and other partners, has announced the Consultation Draft of ‘Competence frameworks for the built environment – … Continue reading
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Tagged building, construction, environment, skills
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CIC event update: Sector experts highlight collaboration as key to competency in Built Environment
image for illustration 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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Tagged building, climate change, construction, refurbishment, skills
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Women into construction ceases trading after 16 years
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 After 16 Years of Changing the Face of Construction, Women into Construction has ceased trading as of 15th August 2024.
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Tagged business, construction, women
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Scottish) doorstep: Celebrating 60 Years of The Forth Road Bridge: Join in!
image for illustration: Fiona Newton Scotland’s ‘Sharing 60 Years in 60 Moments’ invites all to join the celebrations to mark the official 60th anniversary of the Forth Road Bridge.
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Tagged bridge, conservation, construction, engineering, heritage, skills
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