{"id":37511,"date":"2023-09-05T16:09:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37511"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:11:19","slug":"ihbcs-hespr-special-interest-news-ciob-people-asks-is-heritage-conservation-in-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37511","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s HESPR \u2018Special Interest News\u2019: CIOB People asks \u2018Is heritage conservation in crisis?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31857 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HESPR_Banner_220317-300x72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" \/>IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition<\/a> quality assurance scheme for heritage services \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=23522\">News and Tender Alerts<\/a>\u2019, and this week features <em>CIOB People asking \u2018<\/em>Is heritage conservation in crisis?\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>DBR\u2019s Adrian Attwood writes for <em>CIOB People<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>The construction industry is at a crossroads, with an acute shortage of new talent, particularly in specialist roles such as historic building conservation and traditional craft skills.<\/p>\n<p>Year-on-year we are seeing fewer young people entering the profession, while at the other end of the spectrum, skilled stonemasons, leadworkers, slaters, conservation bricklayers and gilders are retiring \u2013 leaving a looming skills gap&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Not only will this place historic buildings and monuments at greater risk of disrepair, but it also runs the risk of time-honoured crafts being lost forever.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time for the construction industry, as well as educators and policymakers, to cultivate the next generation of talent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a070a4d0cff28adddef6cffe7&amp;id=5d5d266530&amp;e=4961664373\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on HESPR and how to become a HESPR member see <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/\">hespr.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16895\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HESPR_flyer_2017-e1517674730111.png\" alt=\"HESPR flyer 2017\" width=\"100\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR-A5-leaflet.pdf\">Download the HESPR flyer<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/hespr\/docs\/HESPR%20News%20&amp;%20Tender%20Alert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download sample weekly alert<\/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 <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u>, as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tenders can also be advertised for a fee with <em><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/jobsetc\/\">IHBC Jobs etc<\/a><\/u><\/em>, including a targeted email to 2500+ recipients as well as full coverage on our NewsBlog alerts and social platforms (membership and followers c.25,000) and websites with c. 250,000 visits a month. Contact Joanna at <u><a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC\u2019s heritage business register HESPR \u2013 our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services \u2013 emails members weekly \u2018News and Tender Alerts\u2019, and this week features CIOB People asking \u2018Is heritage conservation in crisis?\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37511","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\/37511","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37512,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37511\/revisions\/37512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}