Institute of Historic Building Conservation

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation is the principal body representing professionals and specialists involved in the conservation of historic buildings and their surroundings across the UK and Ireland. Our members include conservation officers in central and local government, architects, surveyors, structural engineers and other specialist consultants, conservators, craftsmen and other practitioners.

The Work of the Institute
The IHBC's key activities are:
• Setting standards for conservation practice throughout the UK and Ireland and improving education and training in conservation
• Actively lobbying for changes in conservation policy and practice and acting as a consultee on conservation matters to central and local government throughout the UK and Ireland
• Raising the profile of conservation and promoting its role in economic and social regeneration
• Supporting excellence in all aspects of conservation, whether in the identification, analysis, repair and reuse of historic buildings or in new design in historic settings
• Stimulating debate on how the role of conservation should develop
• Organising its own training events and further developing its branch network in the UK and Ireland to encourage the continued exchange of information between practitioners at the local level.

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