RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

At Healthcare Estates, the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) will be drawing attention to its position as the relevant learned society and professional organisation licensed by the Engineering Council for all those working in healthcare engineering, estates, and facilities management. IHEEM will be emphasising its strengths and the ways in which it is moving ahead.

Excel Parking Services is a well-recognised and highly respected operator in the ever-changing market sector of car park management, with a growing portfolio of NHS Trust clients.

Plans to modernise Glasgow’s hospital services have taken a major step forward with the signing of a £180 m contract to design and build new hospitals in the city. Faber Maunsell is centrally involved with the project, and, at Healthcare Estates, will be discussing the multi-disciplinary services it is providing for this and other schemes.

Urmet Domus has introduced an induction loop amplifier module that can be built into its external range of door entry systems.

A new SONOLINE G40 ultrasound sytem is proving its versatility in the maternity unit of Manor Hospital in Walsall, complementing the imaging provided by the existing Acuson Sequoia and two G50 systems.

Polypropylene safety barriers combine flexibility with strength, says supplier David Evans Associates. Unlike barriers engineered from traditional materials, these safety products exhibit superior impact absorption and deflection properties, minimising damage to vehicles and the barriers themselves.

Obart has launched the Tsurumi Poma submersible pump. It produces a large flow from its 150 W motor, making it ideal for many applications, and is suited for pumping needs within narrow sumps where a traditional pendant-type float switch could be fouled.

Dalkia, the technical facilities and energy management provider, has won a National Safety Award from the British Safety Council (BSC) for the fourth year running.

London private hospital The Princess Grace has invested in a new uniform for its diagnostic imaging staff, employing Grahame Gardner’s bespoke design service to create a new image. The Princess Grace Hospital has a team of 55 in its imaging department and needed a uniform to reflect its high level of professionalism which was also comfortable to wear.

Until now, actuators, valves and linkage kits for building services applications have had to be specified separately.

Howorth Medical has opened its new showroom – a fully fitted, twin operating theatre, complete with working UCV systems.

APCO’s new website www.apcosigns.co.uk is now live, providing, the company points out, convenient access to product information, inspiration and resources for signmakers and sign specifiers.

Cranford Controls’ family of call points for indoor use has recently been extended with the addition of models optimised for fire, security and process control applications. All versions share a common appearance and offer a number of features designed to speed the installation process and improve usability in service.

Tower cranes are a vital element of the construction process. There are 1,500 cranes in the UK and at any time around 1,000 are in use. While the collapse of tower cranes is rare in the UK, accidents and near misses do occur.

In continuing efforts to efficiently manage hospital car-parking facilities, a number of NHS Trusts have adopted the Fast Park system supplied by Italian company Fast Park Sistema.

Cannon Hygiene has launched a washroom product range that meets the strict requirements of the new RoHS regulations that became law on 1 July 2006.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust needed to find an easier way of moving gas bottle cylinders from storeroom to operating theatre.

Patients at a specialist orthopaedic hospital are reaping the benefits of a purpose-built hydrotherapy pool that features an HRD 25 – a purposedesigned swimming pool dehumidification, ventilation and heat recovery air handling package from manufacturer Calorex of Essex.

Intastop has recently installed London Door Edge Guards throughout University College London Hospital (UCLH). The guards protect the leading edge of doors from damage thus maintaining fire integrity, while Class O fire-rated impact sheets prevent the face of the door from damage.

Grahame Gardner says it is delighted to be offering this season’s must-have footwear, Crocs.