News Brunel’s Thames Tunnel museum to get major revamp A small London museum dedicated to the first tunnel in the world to be built under a major river will close in September to undergo a £1.85m revamp.
News Council ‘bitterly regrets’ HS2 impact on ancient site Buckinghamshire Council said it “bitterly regret[s]” the damage that HS2 construction will cause on Grim’s Ditch, an ancient earthwork in Great Missenden, after giving consent to high-speed rail route proposals that will affect the national asset.
Video Video | How Spencer will create a new dock gate to preserve historic vessel A CGI video shows how Spencer Group will create a new dock gate as part of a £1.9m project to help preserve a historic vessel in Hull.
News City skyscraper plans ‘threaten’ Tower of London’s World Heritage status The Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral could be “severely harm[ed]” by the expansion of the Square Mile’s office space and tall buildings, Historic England has warned.
Technical McAlpine thinks smart at Museum of London Can a heritage building be smart too? That’s the plan for the new Museum of London in London’s historic Smithfield market. Kristina Smith meets the client and Sir RobertvMcAlpine’s construction team.
CIOB Community CIOB conservation conference to debate future of heritage CIOB’s annual conservation conference will take place on 9 May at Congress Centre, London.
Technical Bletchley Park: the enigma of estate management Home of World War Two’s codebreakers, Bletchley Park is constantly looking for new ways to tell its stories. Kristina Smith talks to head of site works Phil Atkins about the conservation and new build projects on the famous estate.
Technical The Lancasters: heritage heroics on Hyde Park The Lancasters – Since July 2019 CIOB chartered company and heritage specialist Rosewood has been working on a complex facade restoration.
News Retrofit toolkit launched to protect City of London’s historic buildings The City of London Corporation and Purcell have published an open-access toolkit to help heritage building owners make necessary adaptations to reduce carbon emissions and build climate resilience.
Technical RAAC guide for listed buildings created Guidance on managing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in listed buildings has been published.
News Morgan Sindall to upgrade ‘finest recording venue in the world’ Morgan Sindall has begun a comprehensive refurbishment project at Watford Colosseum to upgrade the historic live entertainment venue.
News UK’s oldest bank set for ‘crucial’ restoration works A Yorkshire specialist conservation company is restoring the oldest bank in the UK.
People Navigating ‘daunting’ built heritage careers Aimee Akinola, a project management apprentice, shares her experience of working on restoration projects across the Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site
News Marble Arch restoration: DBR midway through facelift works DBR has been officially named as the contractor carrying out the conservation works on London’s historic Marble Arch.
People Historic England calls for views on heritage building skills Historic England is undertaking research into England’s heritage building skills sector. The findings will help to inform recommendations about how best to preserve and protect the country’s historic and older…
Opinion ‘Are we learning lessons from previous fires?’ A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community.
News Gilbert-Ash to revamp Tate Liverpool CIOB company member Gilbert-Ash has been appointed as the main contractor for a major refurbishment of one of the galleries at Tate Liverpool.
News Gunpowder Plot building added to Historic England’s at risk register Historic England has added 159 buildings and sites to its ‘Heritage at Risk Register’.
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