RECENT NEWS
First BREEAM ‘Excellent’ for Wales
A healthcare centre under development as part of the £13 million regeneration of Loudoun Square in Butetown, Cardiff, is Wales’ first healthcare project to attain a BREEAM “Excellent” rating.
CRC changes not fully welcomed
According to the npower Business Energy Index (nBEI), “an annual report tracking business opinion on energy use, energy risk, and carbon emissions”.
‘Healthcare specialist’ appointed
Capita Symonds, the multidisciplinary consultancy operating in the building design, real estate, civil engineering, environment, management, and transport sectors, has appointed Simon Hembury as a healthcare specialist.
New ultrasound framework
Asteral has been appointed to a new national NHS framework to supply, manage, and maintain, ultrasound equipment. The framework removes Trusts’ need to go through the OJEU process themselves, and “provides more competitive pricing”.
Faster time to market
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has extended the scope of its product testing and certification services under the International Electrotechnical Commission for Electrical Equipment (IECEE) Certification Body (CB) Scheme.
Campaign to promote IEng status
With professional engineers holding Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status currently significantly under-represented on its register, the Engineering Council (EngC) has launched a concerted drive to raise such professionals’ profile and “increase awareness and understanding of the qualification’s value”.
Forbo first-class in Fife
Over 40,000 m2 of Forbo’s Marmoleum and Step safety flooring ranges, which met the project’s “strict hygiene, durability, and sustainability requirements”, have been installed in a 500-bed extension at NHS Fife’s Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
A breath of fresh air
NHS Tayside and the North of Scotland Planning Group have chosen Brtiplas’s anti-ligature Safevent windows for new mental healthcare facilities at the Murray Royal Hospital in Perth and Stracathro Hospital in Angus.
APT on the charge in Glasgow
Electrical vehicle (EV) charging points from APT Technologies, distributor of the E-Volt range, are being installed on five levels of the Glasgow Southern General Hospital’s multi-storey car park
Aggreko package aids Enniskillen project
Aggreko has provided temporary heating and dehumidification equipment to main contractors FCC Elliott Construction to assist in the construction of the new 312-bed South West Acute Hospital at Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
Zip extends Hydroboil Plus range
Zip Heaters has expanded its Hydroboil Plus on-wall boiling water system range to offer larger capacities of up to 40 litres.
Getting more from natural ventilation
An “intelligent” window control package that can be fully integrated within its building energy management systems to maximise natural ventilation’s benefits has been introduced by Trend Control Systems.
Ceiling system’s ‘ingenious’ void access
SAS International’s new “Drop & Slide” suspended metal ceiling system provides a flush finish, “like many competitor systems”, but differs in its “ingenious way of allowing access to the ceiling void for essential maintenance”.
An end to bacterial hospital infections?
To combat chemical-resistant bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores which can cause hospital infection, Proventec Healthcare now offers OxyPharm, a new “area bio-disinfection solution” claimed to be “fast-acting, highly mobile, and low cost”, and “effective against all potentially harmful micro-organisms”, organically breaking them down to water and oxygen molecules, “without risk to humans”.
Revolutionising integral blind systems
Yorkshire based Intaview has launched a new privacy and vision control system that utilises a twin-film concept “to provide a superior performance, and offer greater vision for privacy vision panels in office partitions, windows, doors, screens, and corridors”.
Wireless detection system a claimed first
FireCell from EMS Fire & Security is reportedly the UK’s first fully certified EN54 Part 25-compliant wireless fire detection solution.
Durable, fire safety-tested lock
A heavy duty electronic push-button lock that has achieved fire safety and durability testing to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) grade 1 – the highest accreditation level, confirming its robustness against heavy use, has been introduced by Codelocks.
A bright addition
A glazing system that harnesses “one of the world’s lightest, most effective insulating materials” has been added to the range of architectural rooflight and glazing system options from Brett Martin Daylight Systems.
Revised guidance on EN glove standards
Ansell Healthcare’s Revised Guide to EN Standards for Gloves provides comprehensive information about the legally binding Framework Directives 89/391/EEC and 89/656/EEC, and PPE Directive 89/686/EEC.
Versatile solid surfacing material
Creating comfortable surroundings for patients and their visitors is an important part of designing healthcare spaces, emphasises LG Hausys, designer and manufacturer of solid surfacing material, HI-MACS.
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