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- Need a MATE? Book your place now for our free online IHBC Accreditation guidance – Prospective assessors and MATE leads warmly welcomed too! 28/04/2026
- Top marks for IHBC’s latest Council as LA Conservation service talks, papers & film get 10/10 from nearly 20% of 120+ delegates, shaping the survey for our new parliamentary push 28/04/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 28/04/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Cadw on ‘Raising the baa for ecology’, as goats to make Blaenavon Ironworks their home 28/04/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Times on ‘… sites face ruin as specialist skills dwindle’, + IHBC onPre-School Webinars & Virtual Day School 28/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (LG) doorstep’: Dramatic fall in LGA staff morale linked to restructuring 28/04/2026
- Wales Infrastructure Delivery Research 2026: … structural issues need to be tackled to meet long-term infrastructure goals 28/04/2026
- HES: £19.5m for Scotland’s historic cities 28/04/2026
- MHCLG publishes Guidance to support Neighbourhood Planning 28/04/2026
- The Architectural Heritage Fund marks 50 years of social impact through conservation and adaptation 28/04/2026
- ‘Vanbrugh300’ update: A year-long celebration of Sir John Vanbrugh ‘England’s finest Baroque architect and dramatist’ 28/04/2026
- First wave of national Young Futures Hubs open to turn the tide under the National Youth Strategy, as ‘youth services decline’ 28/04/2026
- Local museums receive £4 million to improve accessibility to arts and culture 28/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Hub selects 10 new ‘Local Good Practices’ across Europe 28/04/2026
- IHBC & RTPI are 2026 Newcastle School ‘Friends’, sharing learning, CPD, support & more on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, as IHBC offers RTPI members IHBC-rates to our Virtual Day School on 19/06 24/04/2026
- IHBC welcomes awards and applause for Dover’s Maison Dieu (Town Hall) conservation – Civic Trust Award & CTA’s AABC award for ‘conservation excellence’ 24/04/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 24/04/2026
- IHBC opens Corporate Plan 2026-30 (‘CP30’) development with CP25 consultation, noting Charter, Parliamentary 5 Commitments, volunteer investment & more – to 28/02 & after 24/04/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost, ‘From Sandbags to Datasets’: New AI-powered flood-readiness model helps identify 1.2m undefended buildings at risk of flooding in England 24/04/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £323K costed works this week: Trust seeks community consultation on heritage project, to 06/05 and £15K 24/04/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Council) doorstep’: New leaseholder secured for the Kursaal, paving the way for reopening 24/04/2026
- SFO launches public appeal as it investigates three companies delivering ECO4 contracts over suspected home heating & insulation fraud 24/04/2026
- Tourism: MPs launch inquiry into the future of UK’s tourism industry, open to 18 May 24/04/2026
- HB&P invites submissions for 2026 Stephen Croad Prize, till 31 May 24/04/2026
- RICS and global partners launch CLEAR to align whole-life carbon reporting across built environment 24/04/2026
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RICS: Optimism high for AI in construction but skills shortages and integration challenges adoption
The construction industry stands on the brink of a digital transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new global report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS): ‘The AI in Construction 2025’ report.
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Tagged AI, expertise, investment, RICS, skills, surveyors, workforce
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RICS calls for expressions of interest for pilot programmes of new professional pathways
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling for expressions of interest from professionals and employers for two new planned pathways to RICS membership
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Tagged analysis, climate change, environment, expertise, residential, retrofit, surveyors, sustainability
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IHBC welcomes RICS’ #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School ‘Friend’ benefit: RICS’ rates for members at Global Building Conservation Conference, ‘Sharing heritage skills…’, 25/09, online, 7hrs CPD
The IHBC is delighted to announce that, thanks not least to the efforts of our West Midlands Branch team and School Friend lead, RICS & IHBC member Jessica Jones, IHBC members (all categories) can enjoy RICS rates at the online … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conference, conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, global, heritage, learning, skills, surveyors
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IHBC welcomes RICS’ #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School ‘Friend’ benefit: RICS’ rates for members at Global Building Conservation Conference, ‘Sharing heritage skills…’, 25/09, online, 7hrs CPD
The IHBC is delighted to announce that, thanks not least to the efforts of our West Midlands Branch team and School Friend lead, RICS & IHBC member Jessica Jones, IHBC members (all categories) can enjoy RICS rates at the online … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, conservation, cpd, environment, expertise, global, heritage, learning, skills, surveyors
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IHBC welcomes RICS Friend of the School Jessica Jones – RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group VC – to #IHBCShrewsbury2025: NB Virtual School booking (13/06, from £35+VAT) closes12/06,5.00pm
The IHBC is delighted to welcome as our 2025 Annual Friend of the School representing RICS Jessica Jones MA MSt FRICS IHBC, Vice-Chair (VC) of the RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group.
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Tagged #cpd, advice, building, conservation, environment, expertise, heritage, planning, RICS, skills, surveyors
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RICS members: Survey of the Profession is now open to share views, to 13/12
The next round of the RICS biannual Survey of the Profession has been launched and is open until 13 December.
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Tagged expertise, professional, questionnaire, skills, surveyors
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