RECENT NEWS

London Branch Members and their guests recently attended an evening technical presentation at the King Henry VIII Hotel, Bayswater, at which Matthew Morse, lead technical manager at Clearwater Technology, examined the latest developments in the guidance and standards for achieving and maintaining water quality within buildings, Branch secretary and treasurer, Alan Gascoine, writes.

After reviewing its annual Awards last year, IHEEM has introduced two new awards for 2013 – for Sustainability and Marketing – both to be sponsored.

“Many members will already be aware that Professor David Hurrell lost his brave fight against Leukaemia and passed away last November,” writes IHEEM recruitment and membership manager, Chris Parker.

The opening keynote speech at this year’s Healthcare Estates conference and exhibition will be given by David Flory CBE, Chief Executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), which was established as a Special Health Authority in June 2012 ‘to provide leadership, support, and development, for those providers that remain NHS Trusts’.

Lister Hospital, a 480-bed district general hospital in Stevenage, recently turned to Dalkia for the delivery of heating, hot water, and electricity, in a project expected to save the NHS Trust involved around £500,000, and reduce its carbon footprint by 4,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.

Systems manufacturer for the plumbing and heating industry, Pegler Yorkshire, has invested £250,000 in a new interactive training centre at its Doncaster site. Created to showcase its complete product range to installers and customers, the facility allows products to be tested, viewed, and each’s benefits clearly understood, which the company says will allow it to ‘fully connect with its customers’.

Marks and Spencer, Costa Coffee, and WHSmith, have become the first major retailers to take space in the new £5 million ‘Welcome Centre’ at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Despite improvements to the way that the NHS manages its property, annual savings worth £2.3 billion remain available given the adoption of better facilities management and procurement practices.

An award-winning hospital has opened a new surgical cardiac ward which it says offers patients and their families ‘the equivalent of five-star accommodation’.

Following the selection of Cambridge University Hospitals as the regional major trauma centre for the new East of England Trauma Network, off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has helped to increase theatre capacity at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Big Foot Systems has expanded its Heavy Duty range, designed to support plant and installed services on flat roofs.

Community Health Partnerships (CHP) has appointed four corporate property managers as part of the organisation’s changing national role.

Community Health Partnerships (CHP) has appointed four corporate property managers as part of the organisation’s changing national role.

Aluminium building systems manufacturer, Blyweert Beaufort Aluminium, a ‘leader in the design of window and door products in the UK’ for the past 20 years.

Bristol Maid can now offer ‘a comprehensive storage, material flow, and asset management solution’ via an exclusive partnership with Stanley Healthcare Solutions, featuring ‘the well-known’ Scan Modul System and SpaceTRAX brands.

ELGA Process Water has introduced a new monitoring tool to help in microbiological control of water systems.

Construction of the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust’s new £40 million, 154-bed mental health inpatient unit, The Harbour, started on site early last month, with opening scheduled for spring 2015.

‘Engineering UK 2013’ is the annual flagship report of Engineering UK, the charity that promotes engineers, engineering, and technology, by raising awareness of the profession and the contribution of engineering to society.

Space for Health (SfH), the website where DH technical guidance, including Health Building Notes and Health Technical Memorandums – could be found, has now closed, ‘in line with the Government’s Digital Communications Strategy’, the Department of Health’s Estates and Facilities Policy Division explains.

Honeywell’s new FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology portfolio will be showcased at this year’s Firex from 13-16 May (Stand N40, Hall 3) at the NEC in Birmingham.