{"id":14061,"date":"2016-10-29T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14061"},"modified":"2016-10-29T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T16:34:42","slug":"ihbcs-top-hespr-tender-pick-of-the-week-argyll-and-bute-councils-evidence-based-promotion-of-the-thermal-efficiency-of-rothesays-traditional-timber-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14061","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Top HESPR tender pick of the week\u2019: Argyll and Bute Council\u2019s evidence-based promotion of the thermal efficiency of Rothesay\u2019s traditional timber windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HESPR_QA-e1459011751751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12425\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HESPR_QA-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"HESPR_QA\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a>The IHBC\u2019s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR \u2013 the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme \u2013 offers weekly HESPR Bulletins with tender opportunities, and the Director\u2019s top pick for IHBC members this week features Argyll and Bute Council\u2019s call for a consultant to conduct a study and promotion of the thermal efficiency of Rothesay\u2019s traditional timber windows, with a closing date of 4 November.<u>\u00a0<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>IHBC Chair James Caird said: \u2018Our weekly Bulletin of current tender notifications to HESPR members is an innovative service that supports commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC\u2019s standards and expectations.\u00a0 These weekly selections offer the wider heritage world a regular insight into the conservation profession that we hope combine good news, sector profile and service inspiration all in one.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Top tender pick of the week:<\/p>\n<p>The IHBC Director\u2019s top pick from the HESPR Bulletin for this week comes from Argyll and Bute Council which is looking to better understand, advocate and promote the thermal values of Rothesay\u2019s traditional timber windows.<\/p>\n<p>The Council is advertising for a consultant \u2018to conduct a case study into the thermal efficiency of Rothesay\u2019s traditional timber windows, to make an assessment of all available non-intrusive methods of upgrading traditional timber windows in order to maximise energy efficiency, commission a contractor, undertake a desk based study of relevant information, to provide a full report detailing findings of the studies to show the difference made to \u2018u\u2019 values, to oversee the repairs and refurbishment, provide a written report on findings, including information on the relative costs and to provide a professionally designed and high quality promotional leaflet (for homeowners) to demonstrate the benefits of simple but effective energy efficiency interventions.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/search\/show\/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT261097\" target=\"_blank\">notice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/HESPR-Leaflet-Cover-e1475942582571.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10495\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/HESPR-Leaflet-Cover-196x300.png\" alt=\"HESPR flyer\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR-A5-leaflet.pdf\">Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a free promotion of your tendering opportunities and work needs to the IHBC\u2019s HESPR members, please send details and links to Joanna at <a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/jobsetc\/\">IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/em>, including a targeted email to 1600+ recipients as well as full coverage on our Newsblog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.14,000) and websites with 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at <a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC\u2019s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR \u2013 the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme \u2013 offers weekly HESPR Bulletins with tender opportunities, and the Director\u2019s top pick for IHBC members this week features Argyll and Bute Council\u2019s call for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14061\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14062,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14061\/revisions\/14062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}