RECENT NEWS

C-TEC’s new, ‘updated’ version of its ‘powerful and very cost-effective’ PDA200E induction loop amplifier is fully compliant with BS 7594 and BS EN 60118-4, and ‘ideal for any perimeter loop application of up to 200 m2’.

North London Estate Partnerships (NLEP) has received Highly Commended recognition at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2014 for its collaborative work on the redevelopment of Finchley Memorial Hospital (HEJ – June 2013).

The Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre (MARIARC) at the University of Liverpool has taken possession of a bespoke and full turnkey energy-efficient chiller package to support its MRI scanners, from ICS Cool Energy.

OJEU notices for two new complementary Buildings and Facilities Management professional services frameworks have been published, with an ambition of attracting suppliers.

Report highlights ‘lack of new engineering blood’ An EngineeringUK report projecting the UK’s capacity for industrial growth reveals that the shortfall of under-19s taking advanced engineering apprenticeships.

SAACKE, which provides clean firing solutions for process and special purpose applications firing waste oil and gases, bio-oils, low CV gases, dust fuels, and standard fuels, has joined IHEEM as a Company Affiliate.

A nuclear engineer who, after undertaking his ‘O’ level education in the UK, moved to Canada, and, having completed the first year of an Aerospace Engineering Degree there, switched courses to successfully gain a Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering degree, has joined IHEEM as Member.

IHEEM has fitted to the roof of its Portsmouth headquarters 20 solar panels – as part of a continuing programme of improvements to the building, a key element being to equip the premises with energyefficient equipment that will reduce carbon emissions.

The HSE’s recently revised technical guidance on minimising the risk of exposure to Legionella, ensuring compliance with medical device standards, and how the healthcare, public health, and social care sectors, can most effectively embrace sustainability.

London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has created a back-up sterile services department (SSD) to provide cover/security for potential breakdowns within its current facilities.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed construction and engineering company, MTX, to supply, install, and commission, a new modular endoscopy decontamination unit at Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI).

The Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham MP (pictured with Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS Foundation Trust chairman, Les Higgins), has officially opened the new £6.8 m Hanover Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, the largest recent single development on the Leigh Infirmary site in Lancashire (HEJ – October 2013).

‘A vision showing how key organisations in the health and care system will join forces to address sustainability challenges, potentially saving millions of pounds’, is how NHS England and Public Health England described the new Sustainability Strategy for 2014-2020 on its launch in late January.

The Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) partnership has published a concise but detailed document setting out some of the options for more sustainably and effectively preventing acute hospitals from summer overheating.

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has launched what it is dubbing ‘The Facilities Management Professional Standards’ – a ‘global competence model for the profession’ created in consultation with facilities management industry stakeholders, experts, and professional standards writers.

Cofely has been awarded a Carbon Energy Fund framework contract by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to construct, operate, and maintain, a new Energy Centre at Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire.

Following ‘extremely positive feedback’ from the 2013 event, this year’s EBME Seminar, on 1 May, will again be held at the Milton Keynes Double Tree Hilton Hotel – a luxury conference venue integrated into the west stand of the MK Dons stadium.

The Fire Industry Manufacturers’ (FIM) Expo will have a one-day stop on 2 April at Warwick Racecourse. Organised by the Fire Industry Association (FIA), FIM Expo will feature many of the UK’s leading fire detection and alarm manufacturers, showcasing the latest products and developments.

The Engineering Council’s 2013 survey of professionally registered engineers and technicians indicates that those holding Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng), and Chartered Engineer (CEng) titles are still enjoying pay increases and low levels of unemployment.

Asteral, the vendor-independent managed equipment and managed maintenance service provider to the NHS, has been awarded a place on the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Framework for Medical Equipment Maintenance.