IHBC Yearbook 2022

3 CONTENTS 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 AND BUSINESS OFFICE Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 873133 Email  admin@ihbc.org.uk The institute cannot accept responsibility for the acts or omissions of any member, associate, affiliate 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 firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication. While every effort 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 IHBCYearbook 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 2022 edition has been prepared for the Communications & Outreach Committee by the IHBC National Office with the help of Cathedral Communications Limited. For additional copies of the IHBCYearbook please contact the Business Office. EDITOR JonathanTaylor COVER ILLUSTRATIONS Front cover: Yarmouth Castle, a Tudor fortress on the Isle of Wight in the care of English Heritage ( Photo: Jonathan Taylor) Back cover: Images kindly supplied by Aberdeen City Heritage Trust, Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and IHBC branches. The IHBCYearbook is published and produced by Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Email  ihbc@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Copyright 2022 Cathedral Communications Limited ISBN 978 1 912747 11 5 Foreword Eilish McGuiness 5 STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHI P What is the IHBC? 6 Structure of the IHBC 7 Elected and appointed officers 8 Branch areas 9 Membership of the IHBC 10 REVI EW AND ANALYS I S Welcome Mike Brown 15 Chair’s review David McDonald 16 Director’s update Seán O’Reilly 17 On the edge James Grundy 21 Climate change and the historic environment: crunch time? John Preston 22 Lessons from Beirut Zaki Aslan 27 Napoleonic forts Jonathan Taylor and Jessica Tooze 35 Intelligent maintenance Alan Forster, Frédéric Bosché and Enrique Valero 41 DI RECTORY HESPR companies 46 IHBC promotions and publications 48 Directory of members 48 USEFUL INFORMAT ION IHBC at COP26 Michael Netter 89 IHBC-recognised courses 91 National organisations 92 Local authority contacts 94 Products and services 98 Specialist suppliers index 104 DI RECTORY OF MEMBERS To protect the personal data of IHBC members, and in accordance with UK GDPR, the Directory of Members (pages 49–86) has been removed from this online version of the IHBC Yearbook. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused.