{"id":7556,"date":"2014-04-25T17:38:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2014-04-25T17:38:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:38:35","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-uk-values-in-scotlands-new-bar-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7556","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes UK values in Scotland\u2019s new \u2018BAR Toolkit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The IHBC has welcomed in particular the UK-wide relevance of Scotland\u2019s newly launched \u2018Buildings At Risk (BAR) Toolkit\u2019, supported by Historic Scotland and The Architectural Heritage Fund, which contains eighteen sections of practical advice and case studies developed for \u2018BAR\u2019 use by IHBC member, and Scotland Branch Chair, Stuart Eydmann<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>IHBC Policy Secretary David Kincaid said &#8216;The IHBC is delighted to welcome this publication of the Scottish \u2018BAR Toolkit\u2019. The toolkit obviously has a Scottish emphasis but much of the advice and guidance is applicable to England, Wales and N Ireland.\u00a0 It contains helpful advice about: identifying BARs; practical steps to stop the rot; while even the legal context to deal with problem buildings, though not 100% applicable to the rest of the UK, can offer useful and stimulating ideas and strategies.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bob Kindred, IHBC\u2019s Education Committee Vice Chair and IHBC Research Notes Author added: \u2018I greatly welcome the launch of this BAR Toolkit while it was a privilege to be asked to comment on the draft.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is an important and comprehensive piece of work.\u00a0 It will do much to help advance the resolution of buildings-at-risk issues in Scotland, although significant generic lessons can also be drawn from the Toolkit across the UK.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Having been directly involved with buildings-at-risk issues since 1986, I know how vital practical, well-thought-through and exemplary guidance such as this can be.\u00a0 Conservation professionals will benefit hugely from Stuart Eydmann&#8217;s wide-ranging and thorough approach and publication is warmly commended\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk\/toolkit?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Access the toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=buildings+at+risk\" target=\"_blank\">View IHBC newsblogs on buildings at risk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC has welcomed in particular the UK-wide relevance of Scotland\u2019s newly launched \u2018Buildings At Risk (BAR) Toolkit\u2019, supported by Historic Scotland and The Architectural Heritage Fund, which contains eighteen sections of practical advice and case studies developed for \u2018BAR\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7556\">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-7556","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\/7556","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=7556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7557,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7556\/revisions\/7557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}