RECENT NEWS

The objectives of steam-raising plant are straightforward: to release the energy in the input fuel as efficiently as possible, to transfer that energy to water to generate steam, and to separate the steam from the water for use in processes requiring heat energy, explains Fulton’s UK Sales & Export manager, Dave Dolan.

A report just published explores the value of the LIFT portfolio – highlighting the benefits and advantages of the buildings to local communities and health systems, and comparing the relative cost of the LIFT estate to the broader NHS and commercial estate.

New solar panels, improved heating systems, and LED lighting are to be installed at hospitals across Powys, alongside upgrades to roof and pipework insulation, thanks to a £4.2 m injection of Welsh Government funding.

A major task to update National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) sectors is taking place, and the sector is being asked to help by offering their insights through a public consultation process.

Compliance Group, a UK provider of integrated safety and regulatory compliance services across the electrical, fire, and water sectors, has joined forces with Electrical Test Midlands (ETM), a specialist in electrical testing and compliance with over two decades’ expertise in the field.

‘Partnering’ with Kantonsspital Baden (KSB) in Switzerland, Siemens Smart Infrastructure says it will deploy technologies and digital services from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio there to create ‘one of the country’s smartest’ hospitals.

Property group, Eddisons, has appointed a highly experienced healthcare specialist, Kate Deakin, to its valuation team as a director.

A new outdoor space for people to remember and reflect has been officially opened at Bradford Royal Infirmary by ITV’s 'Love Your Garden' presenter, Katie Rushworth.

With research suggesting that 84% of NHS leaders struggled to access funding due to lack of understanding or challenges with the application process, and that 54% had ‘a lack confidence’ in combining multiple sources of capital, NHS Property Services launched a new NHS Guide to Estate Funding at the recent NHS Property 2024 conference in London.

CIBSE UK has rewarded highly experienced engineer, and Chair of IHEEM’s Hong Kong Branch, Dr PL Yuen, for his ‘exceptional, outstanding, and distinguished service to CIBSE and the wider industry’, by conferring on him its highest accolade – a Gold Medal.

Fusion21 has announced the renewal of its national Building Safety and Compliance Framework, worth up to £800 million over four years, and is now inviting bids from interested suppliers providing regional, or national coverage.

Global non-combustible insulation manufacturer, Rockwool, has signed an agreement to buy 114 acres (46 hectares) of land at Peddimore, north east of Birmingham, with plans to build a ‘state-of-the-art’ manufacturing facility there featuring proprietary electric melting technology for its stone wool insulation products.

HRH The Princess Royal has officially opened new occupational therapy facilities at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven.

NHS Property Services has completed and officially opened a £4.5 million redevelopment project at John Coupland Hospital in Gainsborough, transforming the former Morton Suite there into the new Scotter Ward.

Armitage Shanks has added to its Markwik 21+ brassware sanitaryware range a new sequential non-thermostatic pressure balanced valve (PBV) mixer – the Comfort SQ.

Abloy UK has further strengthened its team with the appointment of Mike Harrison as Business Development Manager for Healthcare.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX Contracts, to upgrade healthcare facilities at Clacton Hospital with a new Urgent Treatment Centre.

Provider of sustainable temporary power solutions, Power Electrics, has ‘transitioned’ from being privately owned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), in what the company dubs ‘an exciting development’ and a ‘significant milestone in its long-standing commitment to its people, customers, and suppliers’.

The impact of legislative and design changes and the drive towards Net Zero on the standby power generation market will be the focus of a webinar being hosted by Health Estate Journal on 10 December, presented by Business consultant at WB Power Services, Geoff Halliday.

Buildings will become safer and more sustainable if building services engineers take a broader approach, said CIBSE President, Fiona Cousins, speaking as a guest on the industry podcast ‘Behind the Built Environment’, hosted by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).