RIBA Conservation Suite 12th March - 12 November 2024 1pm-2pm *Webinars can be purchased separately* Join us for the ‘Conservation Suite’ with Ingval Maxwell, Michela Pace, Alan Chandler, Charles Bain-Smith and Paul Chatham. This series of four webinars will explore a wide range of conservation issues spanning from the theoretical to the technical. This suite … Continue reading RIBA – Specialist Conservation Series→
Monday, 29th April 12.30pm Why you should do this Lunchtime CPD session Surveying and reporting on a Listed Building is not the same process as surveying and reporting on a non-Listed Building. This Lunchtime CPD session will give you an insight into the similarities of the survey and report process but also, crucially, how they … Continue reading CBCS – Surveying a Listed Building – What You Need To Know→
*Open to all IHBC members in ANY category* The IHBC’s Board has agreed the date and time of the online AGM for 2024, on 30 April and at 6.00pm (NB: proceedings start at 5.30pm) – with registration and proxy voting for eligible members (strongly encouraged) to open soon. IHBC Chair David McDonald said: ‘I’m delighted … Continue reading IHBC 2024 AGM→
Wednesday 1 May, 6pm GMT: Andrew Smith, ‘Cast iron in Jamaica’, chaired by Peregrine Bryant Andrew Smith, MA CEng MIStructE. is a structural engineer. Much of his work has been on existing structures, often historic, usually to repair and sometimes to adapt them to new uses. He first went to Jamaica on a ‘bus man’s holiday’ … Continue reading CHF – ‘Cast iron in Jamaica’ with Andrew Smith, chaired by Peregrine Bryant→
Number 5 in a series of 7 webinar talks, on the UK’s World Heritage Industrial Heritage Sites – Thursday 2nd May 2024. World Heritage Site: Ironbridge Gorge Speaker: Marion Blockley, WHS Chair 7pm to 8pm, on Zoom. Zoom details usually sent out latest the day before the webinar. Each webinar is recorded and uploaded to WHUK’s private YouTube channel. All … Continue reading WHUK – World Heritage UK’s 2024 webinar # 4: Ironbridge Gorge→
Isle of Man Weekender Friday 3 to Sunday 5 May 2024 Start time/place: 5.30pm/British Hotel, Douglas (IM1 4LB) Finish time/place: 6pm/Terminus Tavern, Douglas (IM2 4NR) Join Andrew Jackson in the Isle of Man for a weekend inspired by the recently published Pevsner guide, looking not only at twentieth century architecture but also at some significant Victorian … Continue reading C20 – Isle of Man Weekender→
Walking on Recycled Glass (approximately 1 hour including Q&A) 3rd May 2024, 2pm GEOCELL Foam Glass Aggregate is an insulation material with multiple uses. Recycled foam glass aggregate saves energy and also contributes to a comfortable indoor environment. This CPD is an insight into the manufacturing process, data highlights, applications, and case studies (including limecrete floor systems). … Continue reading Mike Wye – Walking on Recycled Glass→
Saturday 4 May, 10am - 4pm, with the option to camp. This is a rare chance to be part of a team helping to bring a Scottish watermill out of hibernation. The mill has been dormant for over a decade, but was in working order before being mothballed by the local council. A group of … Continue reading SPAB – Mill of Benholm Working Party→
An appreciation of textures, details, space and light. Event details Whether you photograph old buildings for work or as a hobby, join us on this always-popular four-step workshop with experienced professional photographer Ralph Hodgson. You'll receive guidance on techniques and composition to develop your appreciation of the space and light of old buildings and to … Continue reading SPAB – Photographing Old Buildings Online Workshop→
Wednesday 8 May 2024, 9.30am - 4.45pm If you work in building conservation, have you ever wanted the chance to peel back the layers on someone else's repair project and reveal the thinking behind each step? As the exterior repairs at our Old House Project come to an end, join us for this one-off day of CPD … Continue reading SPAB – Structural Solutions and External Repairs at the Old House Project→
The output of any building inspection or building survey is a written report. Every surveyor will be judged by the quality of the report produced. You might be the best surveyor ever, but if you can’t write a good report then you are at risk of complaints from your client and open yourself up to … Continue reading CBCS – How To Write A Good Survey Report→
Each year the annual CIOB Conference addresses key topics affecting the heritage sector. Early Bird tickets available until 28 March 2024 The CIOB’s annual Heritage conference in partnership with English Heritage, brings you the latest in conservation, redevelopment, and expert thought leadership, and addresses key topics affecting the heritage sector. Professionals working in the conservation … Continue reading CIOB – The Future of Heritage Conservation Annual Conference→
Join us for an interactive, practical introduction to surveying pre-1918 buildings under the expert tuition of two experienced historic building surveyors, Declan Cahill and Simon Hollis. This course takes place on the Hardwick Hall estate, offering an invaluable opportunity to carry out a condition survey on an estate building of this historic site. You will … Continue reading SPAB – Surveying Traditionally Constructed Buildings→
Why you should attend this training session..: This is our third visit to the house and more opportunities will be available as the project proceeds. This is a unique opportunity to see a house that is almost uninhabitable and in a very poor state. The appearance from the front is deceptive and it is not … Continue reading CBCS – Cob Listed Building training day – Dorset→
Saturday 11th May 2024 Canolfan Tywi Centre, Dinefwr Farm, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire SA19 6RT Join us for this FREE event. It is for everyone with an interest in sustainable and traditional building. * Would you like to know how to improve the energy efficiency of your old building? * Do you have burning questions about how to look after your … Continue reading CTC – Sustainable & Traditional Buildings Fair 2024→
We are counting down the days until our Sustainable and Traditional Buildings Fair, taking place on Saturday 11th May 2024, here at the Tywi Centre! From 10 am, experts, suppliers, and contractors will come together to provide essential insights and solutions for making homes more sustainable. Concerned about the cost? No worries! The fair will be … Continue reading Canolfan Tywi Centre – Sustainable & Traditional Buildings Fair→
Part of the Yorkshire Heritage Summit weekend of events, the Symposium is a full day of presentations, debate and open discussion on a range of issues and projects related to the local and wider Yorkshire. Panel discussions closing both the morning and afternoon sessions will allow delegates to put their questions to experts and speakers. … Continue reading The Yorkshire Society – Yorkshire Heritage Symposium→
We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Yorkshire Heritage Summit will be held in Hull at the magnificent Hull Minster. The annual Yorkshire Heritage Summit is now established as the region’s most important event for organisations concerned with any and every aspect of Yorkshire heritage, history and culture. It offers organisations, large and small, … Continue reading The Yorkshire Society – 2024 Yorkshire Heritage Summit→
The RIBA Advanced Conservation Course is an important step in developing your specialism in conservation. The RIBA Conservation Accreditation Scheme is based on progressing through three levels from Conservation Registrant, implying awareness of the subject, to the formal accreditation levels of Conservation Architect and finally Specialist Conservation Architect demonstrating expertise. The purpose of this 4-module … Continue reading RIBA – Advanced Conservation Course Webinar Series – Spring 2024→
Why you should do this lunchtime CPD session This CPD session is focused on traditional buildings. Old buildings are different to new buildings in many ways and they can move, crack and distort quite easily. Clients might be worried and as professionals we need to be able to understand what we are looking at … Continue reading CBCS – Is That Crack Serious?→
Learn more about using hot mixed lime mortar and practise your skills at the historic Reading Abbey ruins. Delivered in partnership with the Stone Federation. Event brochure: Lime Training Day 10.00 - 11.30am (Reading Abbey Gate) Classroom presentation An introduction to using traditional lime mortars on historic buildings. • The benefits of lime • The … Continue reading Cliveden Conservation & Stone Federation – Hot Mixed Lime Training Day→
A key need when approaching a repair or conservation project is to understand the cultural significance of the building or site. To be able to do this you must be aware of its history and historical associations. The first of our morning talks will introduce you to methods for dating and understanding the development of … Continue reading HES & The Engine Shed – Researching Scotland’s Buildings→
Wednesday 15 May, 12pm GMT, Professor Miles Lewis: ‘The Iron Lighthouse’, chaired by Tara Inniss. Professor Miles Lewis is a historian specialising in the cultural history of building technology, principal author of the international text Architectura, and an honorary life fellow of the Comité International d’Architecture Vernaculaire. The iron lighthouse was developed in Britain in the … Continue reading CHF – ‘The Iron Lighthouse’ with Professor Miles Lewis, chaired by Tara Inniss→
Most medieval cities and towns had several churches, of different sizes, serving the population. Edinburgh was no exception, and while several have vanished, more remains than is realised. This talk will describe what was and what remains as well as look at some later developments. It will cover well-known survivors, such as St Giles as … Continue reading SHBT & EWH – The Medieval Churches of Edinburgh – Forgotten Riches! A talk by Adam Cumming→
Lead flashing on roofs, brass or copper on domes, lead windows, wrought iron gates, structural cast-iron buildings – these are some of the uses of metals in buildings. And metals decay. This workshop looks at the historical background of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, their methods of production, the reasons for their decay and the appropriate … Continue reading BCU – Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metals in Construction→
Learn the skills to help you carry out your own mortar pointing repairs. Would you like to undertake repointing works as part of a renovation project or simply as general maintenance to traditional masonry structures? This practical 'hands on' training day will give participants the skill to undertake repointing works with confidence. This course will … Continue reading SLCT – Lime Pointing→
Are you interested to know how building conservation/preservation happens in other parts of the world? It is sometimes all too easy to think that you are alone when inspecting or working on an old building. The reality is very different. Right across the world, there are others trying to do the same thing as … Continue reading CBCS – Building Conservation/Preservation Around the World→
Date: Monday 20th - Friday 24th May 2024 Venue: Museum of the Home (formerly Geffrye museum), Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA, United Kingdom Event details This popular short course has been presented by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings since the 1950s. Run over five days, this course delivers an intensive programme of lectures … Continue reading SPAB – Repair of Old Buildings Course RC1 24→
Learn basic skills in the conservation and replication of traditional internal and external plaster based on lime and gypsum but also including earth mortars and cob. Rendered and plastered masonry, timber-framed buildings with rendered infill panels and plastered earth buildings form a very important part of our heritage. Through lectures, demonstration and personal experience, you … Continue reading West Dean – Conservation and Repair of Plasters and Renders (Online and Workshop Based)→
This two-day conference will explore historic disasters’ present impact. Bringing together case studies from around the globe, speakers will discuss how these events shaped and continue to shape our built environment and world, seeking to unearth new parallels between geographically and temporally disparate disasters. Four sessions will focus on typologies of earthquake, fire, conflict, and … Continue reading INTBAU – Conference on Post-Disaster Reconstruction: The Presence of Past Disaster→
Main Information Trainers SLCT Principal Trainer, Timeserved Stonemason, Stan Stenhouse Venue Charlestown Workshops, KY11 3EN Start Time 9:30 a.m. End Time 4:30 p.m. Cost £310.00 + VAT (£372.00 incl VAT) This 2 day workshop aims to provide an introductory guide to the use of a range of lime and other traditional binders for the effective … Continue reading SLCT – P1 Repairing Traditional Masonry (Professional Level 1)→
Fancy doing something different..? This ‘curry and conservation’ training day at a watermill might be just what you are looking for. #notachef Included in the cost of this training day is your choice of chicken curry or veg curry, served with rice, and a glass of wine or a soft drink. If you don’t … Continue reading CBCS – ‘Curry and Conservation’ Watermill training day – Norfolk→
To select the most appropriate intervention in a conservation or repair project, you must understand the nature of the materials used in the construction of a building or site. Conservation scientists at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) use a variety of analytical techniques to understand how these materials decay over time and how certain interventions might … Continue reading HES & The Engine Shed – Heritage Science at the Engine Shed→
Free, Online Supporter Surgery Sessions 22nd May 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm Do you have any questions about the affiliate application form, or the application process? We are offering a series of free, online supporter surgery sessions. They are free to attend for all existing supporters, and those who are considering applying for Affiliate membership. … Continue reading IHBC – From Supporter to Affiliate Surgery→
Learn the levels of recording commissioned in the conservation industry, whether to discharge a planning condition or for investigation, or in advance of demolition. Prepare for recording, selecting the most appropriate techniques. See the latest techniques of photogrammetry and laser scanning. Experience hand drawing a measured elevation and plan. See if remote capture by drone … Continue reading BCU – The Recording of Historic Buildings→
The Cleveland Pools in Bath, dating to the 19th-century, had a significant place in the hearts of the people of Bath and the surrounding region but remained closed and disused since the 1980s. This unique historic site with a rich cultural heritage has now undergone a comprehensive restoration thanks to a community-based campaign. The pools … Continue reading Europa Nostra UK – Cleveland Pools Lido→
We all now are subjected to an increasing level of advertising of thermal insulation products and services that claim to reduce our energy bills and are good for climate change etc.. Are they really? Are we creating future building pathology problems that don’t need to exist..? This lunchtime cpd will be a discussion between … Continue reading CBCS – Retrofit: Should we be worried→
A 3 day workshop aimed at contractors, building on the knowledge and skills gained on 'C1 Making and Using Traditional Mortars'. The workshop aims to enable participants to complete seamless rebuilding and repair of traditional masonry to match original work. You will gain a conservation ethic and be able to develop repair strategies suitable for … Continue reading SLCT – C2 Repair of Masonry Structure: Contractor Level 2→
Do you want to become ‘Carbon Literate’ and gain an awareness of the causes and impacts of climate change, to better understand your organisation’s carbon footprint? Join your peers and colleagues to collaborate and generate ideas on what a low carbon heritage organisation looks like. The Heritage Alliance is delighted to be delivering a new Heritage … Continue reading THA – Carbon Literacy Training Courses→
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 1 PM BST - 2 PM BST Join us to learn more about managing the impacts of climate change on the historic environment and the work Historic England has been doing on understanding climate hazards. This webinar will introduce the results of two recent projects on climate change hazards that cause … Continue reading Historic England – Climate change hazards for heritage→
A totally refreshed course that takes on board all the latest research and developments. Achieving the NOCN qualification: Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings. Set around the book ‘Retrofit of Traditional Buildings’ written by Prof John Edwards. This is provided in the form of an online resource facilitated by RetrofitBuildings.com. The course features … Continue reading ESC – Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency for Older and Traditional Buildings – 2 Day Retrofit Course→
Wednesday 29 May, 9am - 4.30pm Come and spend a day with Owlsworth IJP’s Joinery Manager, Callum McCaffrey, learning the essentials of joinery and sash window maintenance and repair at their busy conservation workshop. As contractors at the SPAB’s Old House Project in Kent, Owlsworth IJP have carried out essential timber repairs on this medieval … Continue reading SPAB – Joinery and Sash Window Maintenance and Repair→
Building recording is an essential component of heritage management. The primary purpose of this is to establish an accurate record of a building as the starting point for key decisions around repair and maintenance. This accurate record, typically in 3D, allows evaluation or monitoring of a structure’s condition, establishing the need for interventions to repair, … Continue reading HES & The Engine Shed – Documenting Scotland’s Historic Environment→
In person: Gavin Stamps’ Interwar: A celebration Presented by Rosemary Hill Thursday 30 May 2024 at 6.30pm The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ At the time of his death in 2017, our former chairman Gavin Stamp was at work on a deeply considered account of British architecture in the interwar period. His widow … Continue reading C20 – In person: Gavin Stamps’ Interwar: A celebration→
Saturday 1 June, 10am - 4pm and Sunday 2 June, 9am – 3pm. Join SPAB Scotland for this weekend event at Category A listed Saddell Castle. Under the guidance of experts, you'll learn traditional limeworking techniques and carry out real repairs on a live site, as part of a major conservation project run by the … Continue reading SPAB Scotland – Limeworking at Saddell Castle→
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