The home of the conservation professional INSTITUTE OF HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION YEARBOOK2013
1 THE INSTITUTE OF HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION www.ihbc.org.uk Registered as a charity in England and Wales number 1061593 and in Scotland number SC041945 Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England number 3333780 Registered O!ce: 3 Sta"ord Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4QZ OFFICERS IHBC o!cers are listed on page 5. Branch contacts are listed on page 6. BUSINESS OFFICE Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 873133 Fax 01747 871718 Email admin@ihbc.org.uk DIRECTOR’S OFFICE Postal address: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 0131 558 3671 Email director@ihbc.org.uk The institute cannot accept responsibility for the acts or omissions of any Member, Associate, A!liate or HESPR company and accordingly the institute shall not be liable for any loss or damage or other matter arising from the employment or engagement of any member. IHBC YEARBOOK We gratefully acknowledge the support of #rms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication. While every e"ort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this Yearbook is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. All rights reserved. The title of the IHBC Yearbook is and shall remain the absolute property of the institute. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordings, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the institute. This 2013 edition has been prepared for the Communications & Outreach Committee by the IHBC National O!ce with the help of Cathedral Communications Limited. EDITOR David Boulting COVER ILLUSTRATIONS The photographs which appear on the cover are: • Main illustration: Dinham Bridge, Ludlow, Shropshire with Ludlow Castle in the background (Photo: Eric de Maré/English Heritage) • Inset left: National Trust apprentices at Guédelon in Burgundy, where a medieval-style castle is being built (Photo: The National Trust) • Inset centre: Dr Bruce Induni addresses a workshop on the maintenance of traditional buildings at the Clore Learning Centre, Greenwich World Heritage Site • Inset right: Historic Scotland’s summer school for #nal-year graduates (Photo: Historic Scotland) The IHBC Yearbook is published and produced by Cathedral Communications Limited High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Fax 01747 871718 Email ihbc@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Copyright 2013 Cathedral Communications Limited ISBN 978 1 900915 67 0 For additional copies of the IHBC Yearbook please contact the IHBC Business O!ce, Tel 01747 873133. CONTENTS What is the IHBC? 2 Foreword 3 STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP Structure of the IHBC 4 Elected and appointed o!cers 5 Branch contacts 6 Membership of the IHBC 8 REVIEW: THE WORK OF THE IHBC AND ITS MEMBERS Chair’s review Jo Evans 13 Plan-led progress Seán O’Reilly 14 Education matters David McDonald 16 Our responsibility Ray Robertson 19 Conservation training in mainstream construction Charles Hippisley-Cox 20 Skills for training across professions and trades Graham Lee 22 Support and training for decision-makers in Scotland Ewan Hyslop 25 Training for communities and professionals Dave Chetwyn 27 Training the architects, lecturers and craftspeople of tomorrow Jill Kerry 31 Conservation education and the green agenda Ian Brocklebank 33 Vocational training and the National Trust Rory Cullen 37 DIRECTORY Directory of members 40 HESPR companies 74 USEFUL INFORMATION Courses and events 77 IHBC-recognised courses 81 National organisations 82 Local authority contacts 85 Products and services 90 ADVERTISERS INDEX 96
2 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 WHAT IS THE IHBC? The Institute of Historic Building Conservation is the principal body in the United Kingdom representing professionals and specialists involved in the conservation and preservation of the historic environment. Our members include architects, architectural historians and researchers, conservation o!cers in central and local government, planners, surveyors, structural engineers and other specialist consultants, including conservators, craftspeople and other practitioners. The benefits of membership include: • news updates (NewsBlogs) • Context, IHBC’s journal • IHBCYearbook • The Building Conservation Directory and other conservation publications from Cathedral Communications • events: reduced rates and priority access (as applicable) • job notices • technical support and guidance • national, regional and web-based advice and advisory panels • tax relief on subscriptions • access to business support and listings including membership of IHBC’s Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition (HESPR) scheme • guidance on project development • career advice and support • training and CPD events, including IHBC Annual School • networking opportunities • participation and CPD opportunities in electronic panels • access to advocacy and lobbying • participation in supporting IHBC’s wider public services: - web-based resources - sector consultations service - volunteering opportunities - awards (IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards) - partnerships across built sector interests. The institute’s charitable purpose is to promote for the benefit of the public: • the conservation and enhancement of the historic environment in the United Kingdom • the highest standard of professional skills in this field • the education and training of professionals and specialists responsible for such work. The IHBC’s operations are planned in accordance with the three objects listed in its current Corporate Plan (see website for details): • helping people by promoting the conservation and management of historic places as a unique and evolving resource for people, both today and in the future • helping conservation by supporting specialists, specialisms and specialist interests in conservation, because e"ective conservation demands skilled care • helping conservation professionals by supporting, encouraging and challenging IHBC members and prospective members, because conservation professionals work most e"ectively with coordination, advice, inspiration and scrutiny provided by an informed professional body.
3 FOREWORD I’m sure most of us recall that feeling when we finished school or college and vowed never to sit another exam or take another test again, ever! I know I certainly did. It didn’t take very long in the outside world, however, before I realised that I actually didn’t know very much at all in a practical sense and needed to look and learn an awful lot more. That process has been continuous and even though I have been retired from active practice for a couple of years now I find I’m still learning, mainly these days from the IHBC’s fascinating LinkedIn forum. Education, skills training, continuing professional development, whatever you want to call it, is absolutely crucial. If we strive to do and be the best we can be in our work, there is no room for complacency concerning our knowledge and capabilities. There’s always something new to learn, what in the organisation. On the latter score you will note that there have been fewer changes in the hierarchy this year: David McDonald, formerly representative of the London branch, takes over the chair of the Education Training & Standards Committee and there have been one or two changes in branch representation. I again take this opportunity to o"er our appreciation and thanks to all those who have generously given of their time and e"ort to serve the interests of the institute both nationally and regionally. The institute o"ers us all a great deal, through publications like this and Context, the website, the excellent and up-to-the-minute weekly NewsBlog, regional branch events and conferences and, of course, the annual school. This year the school takes place in Carlisle on #$–## June, and I am particularly looking forward to it as I once lived there and was a pupil at Carlisle Grammar School in the early %&'$s. It’s a place I have fond recollections of, even if my old school has been absorbed into something rather larger, more comprehensive (and mixed!) and, like everywhere else, the city has seen many changes. I look forward, hopefully, to seeing many of you there. The title of the annual school is ‘Skills’, and it promises to be an interesting one. It’s also a great part of the country so the visits should be splendid. As with everything to do with the institute, it will be incredibly good value and will provide us all with exceptional opportunities for sharing and gaining greater knowledge, skills and experience. You just can’t have enough of it! Trefor Thorpe IHBC President another possibility or idea to consider or technique to practice, and the best practitioners know how to listen as well as advise. It pays to learn from successes as well as failures and, since it’s a lot less painful and costly to learn from other people’s mistakes, it’s advisable to listen to their experiences. That old cliché about it not being necessary to reinvent the wheel is true but there’s still benefit in mastering the process or, indeed, tweaking the technology to improve performance and there’s definitely room for that in our field as much as there is in a highly technological one like Formula 1. So the theme of this edition of the Yearbook is all about improving skills and training, at professional as well as craft levels – for the two are irrevocably linked. We have erudite articles from some of the leading practitioners, as well as reviews and progress reports from our director and chair to provoke interest and thought alongside checking out who’s who and
4 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 STRUCTURE OF THE IHBC Yorkshire David Blackburn yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk Scotland Stuart Eydmann scotland@ihbc.org.uk South Julia Foster south@ihbc.org.uk South East Sean Rix southeast@ihbc.org.uk South West James Webb southwest@ihbc.org.uk Wales Nathan Blanchard wales@ihbc.org.uk West Midlands Charles Shapcott westmids@ihbc.org.uk FINANCE& RESOURCESCOMMITTEE Treasurer and Committee Chair Richard Morrice resources@ihbc.org.uk Chair of Council Jo Evans chair@ihbc.org.uk PRESIDENT Trefor Thorpe president@ihbc.org.uk CHAIR Jo Evans chair@ihbc.org.uk B R A N C H C O U N C I L M E M B E R S B R A N C H C O U N C I L M E M B E R S SECRETARY Eddie Booth secretary@ihbc.org.uk Administrator Lydia Porter admin@ihbc.org.uk EDUCATIONTRAINING & STANDARDS COMMITTEE Education Secretary and Committee Chair David McDonald education@ihbc.org.uk COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH COMMITTEE Communications & Outreach Secretary and Committee Chair Charles Strang communications@ihbc.org.uk Editorial Board Chair Fiona Newton editorial@ihbc.org.uk Publicity Secretary Douglas Black publicity@ihbc.org.uk POLICY COMMITTEE Policy Secretary and Committee Chair Mike Brown policy@ihbc.org.uk Government Liaison Secretary Bob Kindred government@ihbc.org.uk MEMBERSHIP & ETHICS COMMITTEE Membership Secretary and Committee Chair Paul Butler membership@ihbc.org.uk NOTES Red text indicates voting posts of council. Other o!cers can attend council as required. For further details of the regional branch contacts see map on page 6. For contact details of all others please refer to the directory of members on page 40. East Midlands Roy Lewis eastmids@ihbc.org.uk London JohnWebb london@ihbc.org.uk North Geo! Underwood north@ihbc.org.uk Northern Ireland (Acting) Colin Hatrick northernireland@ihbc.org.uk North West Crispin Edwards northwest@ihbc.org.uk East Anglia Phil Godwin eastanglia@ihbc.org.uk Projects O!cer Fiona Newton projects@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services O!cer Carmen Moran membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk DIRECTOR Seán O‘Reilly director@ihbc.org.uk IHBC NATIONAL OFFICE VICE CHAIR Sheila Stones vchair@ihbc.org.uk COUNCIL
5 S T R U C T U R E A N D M E M B E R S H I P DAVID McDONALD, EDUCATION SECRETARY is an independent historic environment consultant specialising in providing heritage training for other built environment professionals. He formerly led the Conservation and Design Team at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He represents the IHBC on the Historic Environment Forum and is a member of the Victorian Society’s Southern Buildings Committee. education@ihbc.org.uk SHEILA STONES, VICE CHAIR has been the historic buildings and areas advisor with English Heritage since 2000. Prior to this she was a senior conservation o!cer with Salford Council for eight years. She was chair of the IHBC North West branch and is currently secretary of the London branch and a main organiser of its annual day conferences. She originally trained as a planner and worked in both private practice and local government in the Midlands before specialising in conservation. vchair@ihbc.org.uk CHARLES STRANG, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH SECRETARY is a chartered architect and planner. He studied architecture and urban and regional planning at Strathclyde University. He worked for 14 years in local government before joining National Trust for Scotland as the head of planning, later becoming the director of buildings and gardens. He is now a sole practitioner specialising in conservation architecture and planning, and a trustee of the Sir Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust. communications@ihbc.org.uk PAUL BUTLER, MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY is a director of Paul Butler Associates. He read history at Oxford, completed an MPhil in town and country planning at UCL, and a postgraduate certificate in architectural history back at Oxford. After nearly 20 years in local government planning departments, he set up his practice in 1992. He is a trustee of buildings preservation trust Heritage Works and of the Stroudwater Textile Trust. He was on the executive committee of the IHBC in the North West and has been an assessor of candidates for IHBC membership. membership@ihbc.org.uk TREFOR THORPE, PRESIDENT was chief architect at Cadw until his retirement in February 2011. During a 23 year career with the Welsh Government’s historic environment service he was responsible for conservation and development projects at a wide range of monuments in state care and for advice relating to historic building grant and control casework. Prior to joining Cadw he was a local planning authority conservation architect in Carmarthen, West Wales. president@ihbc.org.uk MIKE BROWN, POLICY SECRETARY is a chartered building surveyor with over 20 years’ experience of the repair, refurbishment and successful change management of historic buildings and places, both as a practitioner and conservation o!cer. He is now a consultant heritage and urban design advisor. policy@ihbc.org.uk JO EVANS, CHAIR is a part-time conservation o!cer at Guildford Borough Council and a historic buildings consultant for a range of private clients. She was previously the membership secretary and the chair of the Membership & Ethics Committee, following on from holding posts on branch and other national committees. chair@ihbc.org.uk RICHARD MORRICE, TREASURER is an architectural historian, a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and chairman of Canterbury DAC. Formerly an inspector of historic buildings, he is senior heritage protection reform advisor with English Heritage. treasurer@ihbc.org.uk EDDIE BOOTH, SECRETARY was IHBC president from 2008 to 2011 and chair from 2001 to 2004. He is a director of The Conservation Studio and was previously a historic areas advisor at English Heritage. He is also a trustee of the Woodchester Mansion Trust, a board member of the National Heritage Training Academy (SW) and course leader of the MSc in building conservation at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. secretary@ihbc.org.uk ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICERS
6 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 BRANCH CONTACTS EAST ANGLIA (BEDFORDSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ESSEX, HERTFORDSHIRE, NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK) Branch Council Member PHIL GODWIN eastanglia@ihbc.org.uk EAST MIDLANDS (DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) Branch Council Member ROY LEWIS eastmids@ihbc.org.uk LONDON (GREATER LONDON) Branch Council Member JOHN WEBB london@ihbc.org.uk NORTH (CLEVELAND, CUMBRIA, DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND AND TYNE AND WEAR) Branch Council Member GEOFF UNDERWOOD north@ihbc.org.uk NORTH WEST (CHESHIRE, GREATER MANCHESTER, ISLE OF MAN, LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE) Branch Council Member CRISPIN EDWARDS northwest@ihbc.org.uk FLINTSHIRE CONWY ISLE OF ANGLESEY GWYNEDD POWYS THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN NEATH PORT TALBOT SWANSEA CARDIFF RHONDDA, CYNON, TAFF MERTHYR TYDFIL NEWPORT BLAENAU GWENT CAERPHILLY TORFAEN MONMOUTHSHIRE NORTH SOMERSET BATH AND NE SOMERSET SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE CITY OF BRISTOL CALDERDALE KIRKLEES SHEFFIELD ROTHERHAM BRADFORD LEEDS YORK BARNSLEY WAKEFIELD DONCASTER NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE SOUTH AYRSHIRE EAST AYRSHIRE ARGYLL AND BUTE NA H-EILEANAN AN IAR H I G H L A N D MORAY ABERDEEN CITY ANGUS PERTH AND KINROSS STIRLING F I FE DUNDEE CITY EAST LOTHIAN MIDLOTHIAN SOUTH LANARKSHIRE CLACKMANNANSHIRE NORTH AYRSHIRE SCOTTISH BORDERS ISLE OF WIGHT SHETLAND ISLANDS CITY OF DERBY SWINDON CITY OF PORTSMOUTH CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON BOURNEMOUTH POOLE RUTLAND CITY OF LEICESTER MILTON KEYNES LUTON CITY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY OF STOKE-ONTRENT CEREDIGION TORBAY CITY OF PLYMOUTH WEST BERKSHIRE READING WOKINGHAM BRACKNELL FOREST WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD SLOUGH THURROCK SOUTHEND-ON-SEA MEDWAY CITY OF PETERBOROUGH COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE DENBIGHSHIRE WREXHAM TELFORD AND WREKIN BRIDGEND BEDFORDSHIRE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BLACKPOOL ORKNEY ISLANDS REDCAR AND CLEVELAND MIDDLESBROUGH NORTH TYNESIDE SOUTH TYNESIDE SUNDERLAND HARTLEPOOL GATESHEAD NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE STOCKTON-ON-TEES DARLINGTON London area (see inset) 1 2 3 4 WEST LOTHIAN FALKIRK NORTH LANARKSHIRE 5 EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE KNOWSLEY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ST HELENS WIGAN 7 6 BURY 9 8 10 11 12 13 STOCKPORT WARRINGTON HALTON WIRRAL SEFTON Dashed lines are for clarification purposes only. CARMARTHENSHIRE PEMBROKESHIRE ISLES OF SCILLY CORNWALL DEVON SOMERSET DORSET WILTSHIRE HAMPSHIRE WEST SUSSEX SURREY EAST SUSSEX KENT ESSEX SUFFOLK NORFOLK CAMBRIDGESHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE OXFORDSHIRE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SHROPSHIRE STAFFORDSHIRE CHESHIRE DERBYSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LINCOLNSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NORTH YORKSHIRE LANCASHIRE CUMBRIA DURHAM NORTHUMBERLAND LEICESTERSHIRE WORCESTERSHIRE ABERDEENSHI RE DUMFR I ES AND GAL LOWAY HERTFORDSHIRE 0 50 100 km Boundaries revised to April 2001 Crown copyright 2001 NORTHERN IRELAND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
7 S T R U C T U R E A N D M E M B E R S H I P WEST MIDLANDS (HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE AND WEST MIDLANDS) Branch Council Member CHARLES SHAPCOTT westmids@ihbc.org.uk YORKSHIRE (ALL YORKSHIRE COUNTIES) Branch Council Member DAVID BLACKBURN yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk OVERSEAS MEMBERS (ALL COUNTRIES) Membership Secretary PAUL BUTLER membership@ihbc.org.uk SOUTH EAST (EAST SUSSEX, KENT, SURREY AND WEST SUSSEX) Branch Council Member SEAN RIX southeast@ihbc.org.uk SOUTH WEST (CORNWALL, DEVON, DORSET, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SCILLY ISLANDS, SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE) Branch Council Member JAMES WEBB southwest@ihbc.org.uk WALES (ALL ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS) Branch Council Member NATHAN BLANCHARD wales@ihbc.org.uk NORTHERN IRELAND (ALL COUNTIES) (Acting) Branch Council Member COLIN HATRICK northernireland@ihbc.org.uk SCOTLAND (ALL ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS AND ISLANDS) Branch Council Member STUART EYDMANN scotland@ihbc.org.uk SOUTH (BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, CHANNEL ISLANDS, HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT AND OXFORDSHIRE) Branch Council Member JULIA FOSTER south@ihbc.org.uk
8 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE IHBC IHBC North Branch visit to Blyth Battery, a recently restored complex of WWI and WWII buildings near Blyth, Northumberland, in October 2012 (Photo: Ken Hutchinson) The institute aims to o#er membership to all those who care for or about the built and historic environment, and our members are drawn from many disciplines. They include architects, town planners, building surveyors, estate managers, structural engineers, landscape architects, archaeologists, architectural historians, local authority conservation o!cers, o!cers from national conservation organisations, academics and private practitioners. Membership of the institute is aimed at being inclusive rather than exclusive, as far as the maintenance of proper professional standards will allow. There are therefore three categories of membership available: Full membership of the institute is open to all whose principal skill, expertise, training and employment is in providing specialist advice for the conservation of the historic environment. Full members are normally expected to demonstrate skills and experience in line with the institute’s four areas of competence (see page %$) although significant skills in one or more areas may be seen to outweigh weaknesses in one of the other areas. Anybody who satisfies these requirements and has at least five years relevant experience would normally be considered eligible for full membership. For those who have gained a qualification from a conservation course that has full recognition from the institute (see page )%) the necessary period of relevant experience is reduced from five years to two years. A!liate membership is available for those who have not yet demonstrated to council the criteria for full membership, but wish eventually to gain full membership. Associate membership is available for those who, although they may not qualify for full membership, are committed to and
9 S T R U C T U R E A N D M E M B E R S H I P IHBC MEMBERS BY EMPLOYMENT ALL IHBC MEMBERS BY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (including IHBC a!liates and associates) support the aims and objectives of the institute and have obtained the support of a full member of the institute for their application. There are two concessionary membership subscription rates as outlined below. There is also the possibility of negotiating another rate for libraries. Concessions Membership is available at concessionary rates for those who are on low wages. Those on the concessionary rate will normally be full-time students participating as a!liates but may unusually be full members or associates. Other members who make a case to the Finance & Resources Committee that they are su"ering financial hardship due to low wage or part-time work may be eligible for the reduced rate. All forms of concessionary membership last only for the subscription year that they are agreed. Retired This form of membership allows a reduced subscription rate for existing members who retire but wish to remain in contact with the institute although they are no longer gainfully employed in conservation. Those wishing to apply for this form of membership should write to the membership secretary confirming that they are no longer gainfully employed in conservation or otherwise. Libraries This is a form of associate membership where an organisation, rather than an individual, has institute membership. Those wishing to apply for this form of membership should contact the membership secretary who will advise them of the subscription rate applicable. All members have the right to receive notices, literature and Context. Only full members have the right to attend General Meetings although all categories of membership will normally be notified of such meetings and will be encouraged to attend. Only full members can vote at General Meetings. Full members and a!liates may speak at General Meetings. Associates may not speak or vote at General Meetings. The Membership & Ethics Committee, subject to the approval of council, will decide on eligibility for and class of membership. All membership information is kept on a computer database and names and addresses can be used for mailing of appropriate information to members subject to stated preferences on the membership application form and careful control by o!cers. MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS The membership subscription year is from 1 April to 31 March each year. Subscriptions are due on 1 April and can be paid by direct debit or by cheque. Cheques should be made payable to the ‘Institute of Historic Building Conservation’. The membership subscriptions from April 2013 are: Members, a!liates and associates £105 per annum If your annual income is below £17,500 you may qualify for the concessionary rate and only pay £52 for the full IHBC service. Proof of income is required before the concession can be confirmed and has to be renewed annually. Retired members £52 per annum Hardship support If you are facing circumstances that mean our fees are not a"ordable then you should apply for the IHBC’s hardship support. To find out more please visit the website. If members make a successful case for hardship support the institute can typically cover 75 per cent of fee costs. Further Information For a membership application pack, please contact Lydia Porter, at The Institute of Historic Building Conservation, Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 873133 Fax 01747 871718 Email admin@ihbc.org.uk. Professional a!liations: The institute remains the sole professional body for half the membership (including associates and a"liates). Of the remainder, 48 per cent are also members of the architectural, surveying and engineering bodies, and 42 per cent are members of town planning bodies. Overall membership numbers remain relatively static at 2,152 members, of which 1,270 (60%) are full members. Fields of employment: There has been a signi#cant fall in the proportion of members whose employment type is unknown (down from 10% to 3% of full members). The largest increase has been seen in the private sector (up 4%), and the number of full members known to be unemployed is just 0.2 per cent, too small to register on this pie chart. (Data compiled February 2013) Education 2% Misc 1% Not known 3% Local government 35% Central government 10% NGOs 3% Voluntary sector 4% Private sector 42% and associates) Education 2% Misc 1% 3% government 35% Central government 10% NGOs 3% Voluntary sector 4% Private sector 42% None (IHBC af!liates 469 Town planners 145 Surveyors 37 Engineers 62 Builders 56 Archaeologists 348 Architects IHBC only (full members) and associates)
10 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 AREAS OF COMPETENCE Professional Practical Evaluation Management Intervention 1 Philosophy 3 History 5 Legislation and policy 7 Design and presentation 2 Practice 4 Research, recording and analysis 6 Finance and economics 8 Technology The eight IHBC competences AREAS OF COMPETENCE AND COMPETENCES FOR IHBC MEMBERS The ‘competences’ provide an outline of the skills, knowledge and experience required to fulfill the requirements of institute membership. Prospective members are advised to refer to the institute’s current guidance for applicants, Membership Standards, Criteria and Guidelines (2008) which is posted on our website’s membership pages – see www.ihbc.org.uk/ join/membership_downloads/ index.html. The following provides a brief summary of the principal headings: AREA OF COMPETENCE Professional 1 Philosophy Appreciation of the social, cultural, political, aesthetic, economic and environmental values that underpin current conservation policy and practice 2 Practice Awareness of the wider context of conservation, including knowledge of and ability to interact e"ectively with all bodies and individuals who have a significant role to play in the field AREA OF COMPETENCE Practical: Evaluation 3 History Knowledge of the development of the historic environment including the remains of previous periods and cultures, historic buildings and settlements, works of engineering, parks, gardens and other elements of the historic landscape 4 Research/Recording/Analysis Ability to carry out or commission research, analysis and recording of the historic environment, and to maintain records accordingly AREA OF COMPETENCE Practical: Management 5 Legislation/Policy Knowledge of the legislative and policy framework for the conservation of the historic environment, its formulation locally and nationally, and awareness of other relevant legislation and policies 6 Finance/Economics Understanding of the process for the procuring of buildings and facilitating development, including finance, valuation, cost planning and contracts, with specific reference to historic buildings and areas AREA OF COMPETENCE Practical: Intervention 7 Design/Presentation Ability to analyse and evaluate quality of design, existing and proposed, of buildings and areas, and to present the results of such analysis in a way understandable to both professional and lay audiences 8 Technology Knowledge of building construction of all periods, the characteristics of structures, the nature and properties of building materials and appropriate methods of repair and alteration of historic fabric. IHBC CODE OF CONDUCT The object of the IHBC Code of Conduct is to promote those standards of conduct and selfdiscipline required of a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation in the interests of the public and the protection of the built heritage. The main object of the institute is the promotion, for the benefit of the public, of the conservation of, and education and training in, the conservation and preservation of buildings, structures, areas, gardens and landscapes which are of architectural and historical interest and/or value in the United Kingdom. This built heritage of the United Kingdom, which is part of society’s common heritage and which should be available to everyone, is, however, a limited and irreplaceable resource. It is therefore the duty of all members to act for and to promote its protection. Subscription to this Code of Conduct for individuals involved in the conservation and preservation of the built heritage assumes acceptance of these responsibilities. Those who subscribe to it and carry out its provisions will thereby be identified as persons professing specific standards of competence, responsibility and ethical behaviour in the pursuit of historic building conservation work. This code therefore indicates the general standard of conduct to which members of the institute are expected to adhere, failing which its governing body may judge them guilty of conduct unbecoming to a member of the institute and may reprimand, suspend or expel them. Full details of the Code of Conduct may be found on the IHBC website at www.ihbc.org.uk/join/ membership_downloads/index.html.
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R E V I E W 13 CHAIR’S REVIEW JO EVANS, IHBC CHAIR Writing my contribution to the Yearbook always seems to run in parallel with other seasonal activities such as my car’s MOT and writing Christmas thankyou letters. All three tasks are time limited – after all, a thank-you letter received in midMarch never seems as sincere. However, considering the way my daughters are shaping up this year, the Evans letters will go out in March (if I really nag). Thank-you letters are a polite necessity but also an opportunity to look back on Christmas and the achievements of the past year. In that respect the Chair’s Review is a little like a thank-you letter and I think that despite facing another year of cuts, a new national policy context in England, changes to planning legislation in all the home countries and a general unease about the future direction of conservation, we still have cause to be thankful. Arguably, this is a good time for those working in the historic environment and the design of buildings and towns because these subjects seem to be everywhere at the moment, particularly on TV (I still think Mike Leigh should tackle a conservation-based gritty social drama but he has not replied to my letters). This may be something of a double-edged sword but much of the coverage, including the recent BBC documentary series The Planners, has portrayed our concerns for heritage as a resource in a positive light. I think the diligence and fair-mindedness of so many of our profession were clearly shown in the BBC series. If I was to write an IHBC thank-you letter, there are a number of notable things that I would include that have contributed to our IHBC year. First, the NPPF was not the calamity that some expected. After the herculean e"ort of learning to love PPS* and weaning ourselves o" the familiarity of PPG%*, it seemed an insult. Just as we become accustomed to a new policy statement, they are all scrapped and we have to content ourselves with just a section of a new national document. But it is not as disastrous as we thought. Of course we have to wait for the outcome of the Planning Practice Guidance reviews but I hope that will feature in next year’s thank-you letter. There have been unsettling proposals for change in Wales and Scotland which have required a comprehensive response from the national branches. Thankfully we have an extremely capable system of consultation responses organised at national branch level and volunteers who examine proposals in forensic detail. Those responses have been as incisive as always. Of course, I have to dedicate a paragraph in my thank-you letter to the work of consultations coordinator James Caird. He and his band of keen-eyed scrutineers of policy change and legal tweaks are always thorough, measured, articulate and passionate. They deserve all our thanks because their work helps us to retain our influence, appear always well-informed and stay up to date. The strength of the IHBC, of course, lies with its volunteers. I’d love to send each of them a fragrant thank-you letter and a box of chocolates/book token/bunch of flowers/bottle of champagne (delete as appropriate). Everyone who volunteers, organises, contributes or just turns up deserves a big thank you. The IHBC is a special community and one in which we all contribute. I am a member of other professional organisations that demand little beyond the subscription but perhaps because of that I don’t find it so easy to join in. So I exhort you to get involved. It’s fun and it’s useful and I know you’ll thank me in the end. (I’m sorry, I seem to have taken on the same nagging tone I use with my daughters – ‘Write those thank you letters. By March at the latest!’) The work of the branches and committees this year has again exceeded all expectations. The dedication and skill of our members is jaw-dropping. If I single anyone out I will be justifiably accused of favouritism, but I do want to express my gratitude on behalf of all IHBC members to the committee chairs and their members and the local branch committees who work hard in the background with little promise of chocolates or flowers. We are all indebted to the hardworking sta" of the national o!ce, too. They are small but beautifully formed and tirelessly e!cient. We would be bereft without them. So, in conclusion, thank you to all our members for sticking with us and welcome to new members. Stay with us, volunteer, go to a branch meeting, anything, just join in and this time next year you might receive that bunch of flowers and a lovely box of chocolates as a thank you! Jo Evans, chair@ihbc.org.uk
14 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 PLAN-LED PROGRESS SEÁN O’REILLY, IHBC DIRECTOR Anyone responsible for corporate planning knows that the annual review is a time of particular trepidation, at least until the report is signed o#. In a small organisation such as the IHBC, with our complex texture of priorities, resources, limitations and ambitions, analysis is seldom su!ciently precise to encourage total confidence about the year end. That said, when preparing the national o!ce’s annual review for the most recent meeting of our board, the IHBC’s council, I was delighted that $%&&–&$ showed strong progress. In the IHBC’s planning we measure our progress against the objectives identified in our current corporate plan for #$%$–%*, or ‘+,%$’. After widespread consultation, +,%$ was adopted by our AGM and, as chief executive, I use that document to gauge progress when providing quarterly updates to the board. The planning principle is simple (although the reporting is more complex), but achieving targets – which is hugely dependent on capacity and circumstance – is highly challenging. THE NOS CONSERVATION STANDARD Thankfully, our most recent progress report, the second in our five-year by some 50 per cent (in terms of member numbers), to include members with an income of less than £17,500, up from £12,500. The changes to hardship support help those who are most deserving. Now, rather than subsidising membership costs based on a person’s role (retired, student, in part-time employment, etc), we o"er special assistance for those in need who can demonstrate support for our charitable objectives, provided they are reasonably able to do so (see www. ihbc.org.uk/join/join.html for more information on our concessionary rates and hardship support). Our support for membership applications has also progressed well, with a pre-registration process bringing more clarity to the application procedure and more e!ciency to the assessment procedure. Meanwhile, the introduction of online registration of applications for membership and, as I write, online payments, have further developed our digital infrastructure. Indeed, most recently the introduction of email job alerts has both enhanced awareness of opportunities for members and reaped huge rewards by attracting increasingly diverse roles. As trustee roles, bursary placements and tenders are increasingly among the notices that find their way there, we have now re-titled the jobs page, pithily, as ‘Jobs etc’! Importantly, these and other developments supplement the same good value, high quality services of old: our exemplary consultations; our research activities centred on local authority capacity; our journal, Context and this Yearbook; events including the schools and branch activities as well as networking and support of the ‘Branch Connection Days’; the Gus Astley Student Award; and the NewsBlogs. All are progressing in line with or ahead of plans in +,%$ while subscription fees have simply matched inflation. plan, confirmed considerable success across a range of our core activities as well as some achievements remarkable not only in themselves but for having been delivered so early in the life of the plan. Securing the national occupational standard (NOS) for conservation, a nationally recognised description of conservation skills, was a clear if little-appreciated highlight for sta" in the national o!ce. Targeted for achievement in year five, which was felt to be ambitious in itself, NOS has been delivered in the second year of our plan, making it an exceptionally satisfying early win. Dividends of the NOS conservation standard were quickly reaped, with vocational qualifications in place as I write. Mapping the NOS against the IHBC’s membership criteria, our Areas of Competence, brings the institute into a sharp spotlight across our pan-disciplinary spectrum of interests. Less sexy than when we led some ¼ million professional memberships in the joint professional response to the draft heritage bill in England back in #$$., the NOS conservation standard is ultimately much more important for the stability it brings to our members and their professional concerns in these turbulent times. With a sector-wide UK agreement on conservation skills achieved, we can now work towards greater clarity in their articulation, assessment, dissemination and promotion. MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT At the other end of the spectrum of our corporate interest sits the delivery of public good in our role as a charity. Improved targeting of our subsidies for low-waged members reflects our charitable status by helping those most in need. Changes included the introduction of hardship support as well as fairer subsidies for those on lower wages. In particular, subsidies for concessionary rates were extended
R E V I E W 15 As a measure of that success, we continue to benefit from widespread and enthusiastic support from members and volunteers, old and new. In fact, despite more organisational infrastructure, we rely more than ever on the goodwill of supporters as they – you – help not only through fees but also by contributing time, e"ort, skills and guidance. That we can now be guided by person specifications for our most critical volunteers, our trustees, shows how much we can target the particular skills and contributions of volunteers. With that volunteer support, we have spread our ambitions wider than anticipated in +,%$. The NewsBlogs have developed as a service that, to our surprise, has proved to be as valuable to the IHBC as outreach as it is as a service provided to members. The NewsBlogs have played an important role in underpinning the success of our social networking initiatives. The growth of our social network, primarily driven by our LinkedIn group, has been timely and has contributed substantially to council reducing its estimation of the risk associated with sector ignorance of the IHBC. Circulating NewsBlogs about the IHBC’s work via social media – a process led by past IHBC chair Dave Chetwyn – has communicated our messages to a wide range of specialist and non-specialist interests in the historic environment. And as the NewsBlogs can be forwarded by anyone direct from the NewsBlog page itself, everyone is encouraged to contribute to this wider dissemination and promotion, while for non-members our online member registration is then only a few clicks away. Our +,%$ target was to have /$ per cent of all IHBC members in our social networks by #$%*. This target had become meaningless by #$%# as we already had twice as many people in our networks as in our membership. The fact that we didn’t foresee the speed with which our networks would grow may reflect our past inexperience with social media but we can take pride in our progress, especially when this is compared to that of other, comparable bodies in the heritage sector. More recently, the introduction of the IHBC’s ‘Webstarter’, a mobilefriendly introduction to the #*,$$$ pages on our website, has brought more – and more early-career – interests into our fold. As so many of the younger generation of mainstream professionals are just as comfortable with the environmentally friendly processes that the IHBC espouses as they are with mobile technology, these early introductions to the IHBC are critical investments in the future of the profession and the institute. That said, our actual membership numbers have remained relatively static in #$%# with new members roughly balancing those retiring and resigning. However, against the backdrop of a static economy and a wholly unsympathetic political climate, this is a good achievement – and a comparatively rare one. More important, though, is that the NewsBlogs have delivered a substantially higher profile not just for the IHBC but for the sector as a whole. LOOKING AHEAD With the annual review safely negotiated, we can turn to the future. As one of the targets for this year is the review and promotion of a new corporate plan for 2015, to scope out issues for our changing work environment, I will conclude with a ‘scatter-gun’ selection of points that need to be integrated into our future plan: • one local council has recently approached us about securing our formal involvement in sta" training and development • accreditation, howsoever it is interpreted, remains critical, whether in terms of identifying skills internally or for national and European standards • social media and the accompanying softening of professional boundaries lets us reach new sectors and create new interfaces and networks • governance, especially around member and volunteer contributions and trustee skills development, is central for the future • sustainability, in its widest (and uncorrupted) sense, still o"ers huge hope for our environmental aspirations, even if political and economic environments remain challenging • progress through partnering is critical for any small organisation and, since we are in a stronger position here than ever before, we must build on that • agreeing educational priorities in the sector, especially regarding relevant conservation skills, remains central, not least in the context of the ongoing challenges of new legislation and planning processes • course evaluation and evolving links to vocational qualifications represent a major opportunity for extending our values • reductions in local authority capacity, alongside new priorities that put growth over other public values, mean that we must find new ways to maintain civic and amenity priorities in how we manage change. So there you are: a stab at future issues that will need to be integrated somehow into our next corporate plan. If you have any more thoughts on what the IHBC needs to highlight or address in our future planning do let us know when our NewsBlog calls for more ideas. Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Branch Connection Day held at the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham, November 2012
16 Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 3 EDUCATION MATTERS DAVID McDONALD, EDUCATION SECRETARY In my first year as education secretary, it is both gratifying and quite scary to find an IHBC Yearbook devoted to training and skills. In a recent edition of Context, I set out my first thoughts about the institute’s role in education. In order to make some sense of all the activity that is going on, I have come up with a very simple model. As I see it, there are three main areas of activity: Core skills These are the things we learn to make us competent professionals. This area of activity includes anything from first degrees and qualifications through to (most importantly) conservation courses, particularly those recognised by the IHBC (see page )%). It also includes CPD and ensuring that, as circumstances change, our members have the requisite skills to do their job competently. Outreach This is where IHBC members pass on their knowledge to others, for example by providing training to local councillors, or talking to residents or schools, but also includes training programmes or events for other built environment professionals. Building craft skills It goes without saying that you can’t have good building conservation without the necessary craft skills to implement repairs, extensions and alterations. However, overlying each of these di"erent areas of activity is the idea of engaging with others who are involved with the historic environment, whether that be building owners, developers, other built environment professionals, archaeologists, members of the public, politicians or amenity organisations. While conflict is an unavoidable part of what we do, the resolution of this conflict can be assisted by identifying the common ground. Education is vital to this process. The following articles, although largely personal assessments, reflect a common theme of reaching out to others. Ewan Hyslop explains Historic Scotland’s latest initiatives to disseminate technical conservation information and the increasing importance of knowledge transfer in a period of diminishing resources. Ian Brocklebank’s article argues that the conservation and sustainable building sectors urgently need to bridge the divide between their very di"erent cultures and methodologies. Charles Hippisley-Cox looks at the way conservation training has changed over the years including a move from the practical to the academic. In his work at Huddersfield University he is setting an exemplary standard by embedding conservation in the curriculum of a mainstream construction course. This theme of combining disciplines is also exemplified by Graham Lee at the Building Crafts College in London, where his two-year Foundation Degree in Historic Building Conservation benefits from the craft skills training that goes on elsewhere on the campus. Moving away from the craft skills sector, Jill Kerry shows us that at a regional level, where there is the enthusiasm and motivation, an organisation such as the Royal Society of Ulster Architects can ensure that its members and others are receiving high quality conservation training. She also introduces the idea – in relation to craft skills – of ‘training the trainers’ to ensure that, as at Huddersfield, conservation is embedded in mainstream education. At the National Trust, Rory Cullen is dedicated to securing the future of building craft skills and is using NVQ Level / as the basis for training. Meanwhile, Dave Chetwyn recognises the need for the conservation movement to respond to external changes ranging from legislation to climate change. His Dr Bruce Induni lectures to students attending the Understanding Repair and Maintenance of Traditional Buildings course at the Clore Learning Centre, Greenwich World Heritage Site (see Skills for Training across Professions and Trades, page 22) (Photo: Graham Lee)
17 training for communities and professionals deals with that di!cult territory of residents and neighbourhood planning. He looks particularly at the voluntary and community sectors and the demands of localism. So how can the IHBC assist and promote appropriate training initiatives? The first is by setting standards for conservation (see page %$ for the IHBC’s competences). Recognition of courses is another key activity. As IHBC director Seán O’Reilly has already indicated (see page %0), the IHBC has helped to secure the National Occupational Standard (NOS) in conservation. This work has helped in the launch of an approved National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level /. This equates to a planning technician’s level of competence. The future challenge will be to launch Level ' which can correlate to the IHBC’s professional competences as well as to the core international standard for all built and historic environment conservation professionals, the %&&/ ICOMOS guidelines. Setting these vocational standards fits well with the government’s current educational agenda to encourage di"erent means of access to the professions. This may mean that universities and colleges need to change the type of course that they are o"ering, but may also lead to opportunities for IHBC members to pass on their skills. Returning to my education model, there are a number of key areas that we should be addressing. In developing our core skills we need to ensure that the CPD available to IHBC members enables them to deal with changes to legislation and guidance, di"ering demands of employers, and so on. In di!cult economic times, it is those with the widest range of skills who are likely to survive. In this area, the IHBC through its annual schools and branch events can assist. Indeed our #$%/ IHBC Annual School in Carlisle will form a critical part of the institute’s contribution in this area as its theme, ‘Skills’, will encompass both building craft skills – as part of a dedicated heritage skills day – and professional and advisory conservation skills. Dealing with the accreditation issue as it develops will be a priority. This might involve mentoring as well as training. My own particular interest is the provision of heritage training for other built environment professionals. As the other articles in this Yearbook show, this outreach activity is being promoted successfully in a number of areas, but much more can be done. As a consultant, I have been providing training for local authority planners which has raised general awareness of heritage issues. Importantly, development management sta" can be made aware of the limits of their knowledge and the need to seek advice from qualified heritage professionals. As can be seen in the following articles, much is being done in the area of building craft skills. We will continue to work with the National Heritage Training Group and others to develop links and courses. The Heritage Lottery Fund’s Skills for the Future initiative is likely to be an important source of much needed cash. I hope I have demonstrated that the IHBC is very active in developing training and skills. Like other organisations, we need to adapt as circumstances change. If you have ideas or would like to make a contribution to what we do, please email me at education@ihbc.org.uk. The Rosette for Stonehealth Approved Contractors THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN STONE AND MASONRY CLEANING The Rosette stands for ! Stonehealth trained operators (Photo ID Card) ! Genuine Stonehealth products ! Regularly serviced Stonehealth machinery Stonehealth Ltd, Bowers Court, Broadwell, Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11 4JE Tel: 01453 540600 Fax: 01453 540609 SUPPLIERS TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION INDUSTRY PASSION FOR PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE MEANS Stonehealth has been relied upon by architects, specifiers and contractors for over 25 years for our ethical products and philosophy to find solutions for responsible cleaning and the safe removal of unwanted matter. PRoDuCT RanGe InCluDeS: • Paint softeners • Stone repair products • Sacrificial protectants • Stone treatments • DoFF superheated water machine • ToRC stone cleaning machine Clean-film www.stonehealth.com email: info@stonehealth.com Find us on twitter @stonehealth1
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