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- IHBC’s 2026 AGM concludes successfully: All nominations ratified resolutions adopted, including talks, thanks, Charter progress, elections, congratulations and more 13/01/2026
- IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s ‘Periodically’ – bite-sized & from the best 13/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Save the Date’ notice for all Branch Committees: Have your say at our next online Branch Connection Event, 22 January 2025, 2pm – 4pm 13/01/2026
- Check out IHBC’s new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feed back: With ‘at-a-glance colour coding’, Director’s CPD Spotlight (ICOMOS-CIF 2026, Granada, 11-13/03), simpler format & more 13/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan 13/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: A Practical Guide to Using AI for Smaller Construction Firms 13/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Concerns Southend’s Kursaal building ‘exposed to the elements’ and falling into disrepair 13/01/2026
- New strategy for Scotland’s protected historic places 13/01/2026
- Historic and Botanic Garden (HBG) Training Programme opportunities – early notice for March 2026 13/01/2026
- New Skills Relay to inspire the next generation of construction and housing talent 13/01/2026
- Scotland’s first-ever canal and traditional skills centre considered by councillors 13/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global (and local) doorstep’: WMF Britain update on Belfast City Council’s purchase of Assembly Rooms after inclusion on the ‘2025 Watch’ 13/01/2026
- Check out IHBC’s new-style ‘CPD Circular’ & feed back: With ‘at-a-glance colour coding’, Director’s CPD Spotlight (ICOMOS-CIF 2026, Granada, 11-13/03), simpler format & more 09/01/2026
- IHBC celebrates SAHGB 2025 Annual Awards, including SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award success at HESPR member Donald Insall Associates 09/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: FREE CPD at London’s LPOC Listed Property Show, Olympia, 30-31 Jan 09/01/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Save the Date’ notice for all Branch Committees: Have your say at our next online Branch Connection Event, 22 January 2025, 2pm – 4pm 09/01/2026
- Designing Building enhances access to 20K+ articles, for all users as graphic links to ‘Construction Knowledge Hubs’ now aid navigation 09/01/2026
- IHBC’s Research Signpost: Heritage Open Days Festival Impact Review 2025 09/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Private Eye) doorstep’: Nooks & Corners on the ‘nation’s worsening shortage of heritage skills’ 09/01/2026
- Architectural Heritage Fund publishes Annual Review 2024/25 09/01/2026
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 09/01/2026
- CITB announces changes to funding and grants 09/01/2026
- Scottish Government scheme launched: Finding new owners for empty homes 09/01/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: CyArk’s Heritage Amplified Grant (Engaging New Audiences …) and Heritage Documentation Training Grant (Empowering Cultural Preservation) to 23/01 & 30/01 09/01/2026
- IHBC welcomes award of OBE to IHBC Chair David McDonald: An ‘extraordinary’ person… 02/01/2026
Tag Archives: refurbishment
IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Bequest to fund six new homes 85 years after it was made
An unusual bequest is about to be fulfilled 85 years after it was made, following East Lothian Council’s decision to fund six new homes for rent, designed for an ageing population, as part of the redevelopment of the former Herdmanflat … Continue reading
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Tagged building, heritage, homes, planning, refurbishment, Scotland
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the (industry) doorstep’: Former carpark and shopping centre to be transformed into new homes ‘in a UK first’
image for illustration: Newcastle-under-Lyme: Midway multi-storey car park by Jonathan Hutchins, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Plans by social impact developer Capital & Centric to turn a former car park, shopping centre and derelict brownfield land in Newcastle-under-Lyme into pioneering … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building, development, environment, neighbourhood, planning, refurbishment, urban
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Historic University of Saskatchewan building slated for possible demolition
image for illustration: Lutheran Seminary by daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A building on the University of Saskatchewan campus that has been an eyesore for a few years, so the historic building is slated … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conservation, demolition, heritage, opinion, planning, refurbishment
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BD features IHBC HESPR member Purcell’s project appointment in London
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 features Building Design online on Purcell – and IHBC HESPR COMPANY – with … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conservation, expertise, heritage, planning, refurbishment, 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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