The IHBC has offered its congratulations to the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and National Trust partnership that brought the sell-out conference on \u2018How to make historic buildings work for you\u2019, at Somerset House on 17 March, where IHBC officers Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly and Carla Pianese fielded a huge range of queries and observations on IHBC membership at the Institute\u2019s stand in the western bowels of the the Grade 1 Chambers, Smirke and Pennethorne complex.<\/u><\/p>\n
Speakers included Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy and chartered engineer, who said \u2018I love historic buildings\u2019, and Lord Inglewood, who noted that the three rules for older buildings are \u2018Maintain, Maintain. Maintain\u2019.<\/p>\n
Other speakers included IHBC members Rory Cullen, who introduced the day, John Edwards \u2013 IHBC trustee \u2013 who \u2018debunked myths\u2019 with the help of BS7913, the conservation standard from BSI, and Trevor Barfoot, Affiliate of the IHBC.<\/p>\n
For more on Somerset House see the website<\/a><\/p>\n For more background to the event see the IHBC newsblogs<\/a><\/p>\n For select online reporting see IHBC\u2019s twitter and Facebook accounts linked form our Home Page<\/a><\/p>\n CIOB tweets and pics<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n For BS 7913 and links to purchasing your IHBC branded, low-cost, laminated copy see the IHBC newsblogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The IHBC has offered its congratulations to the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and National Trust partnership that brought the sell-out conference on \u2018How to make historic buildings work for you\u2019, at Somerset House on 17 March, where IHBC officers … Continue reading