RECENT NEWS

Yorkshire Water has completed a £636,000 project at Airedale General Hospital that should not only ensure secure water supply to all buildings, but was also undertaken with minimal disruption thanks to a technology that does not require excavation of lengthy sections to gain pipework access.

Work has started on a new facility for elderly mental health patients at Walton Hospital in Chesterfield.

Galliford Try has appointed Ian Rains as bid manager within its facilities management division.

Sodexo, the food and facilities management services provider, has appointed Mo Nazir to the role of business development and strategy director for its UK and Ireland healthcare division,

Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) has designed a new entrance pavilion at Mansfield Community Hospital in Nottinghamshire. The building forms part of a wider site redevelopment planned to streamline clinical functions and improve the patient experience.

Mansell has been awarded a contract valued at in excess of £10 million to construct a new Children’s and Young Person’s Centre at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Surrey.

A “definitive practice guide” for all RICS members advising clients on best practice facilities management processes is how the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors describes its new White Book.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Grampian NHS in breach of the Data Protection Act after receiving reports of three separate incidents involving data security at Aberdeen’s Royal Infirmary from the Trust itself.

A new mental health care home in Northampton, designed by David Grindley Architects for Gold Care Homes, has been shortlisted for two national design awards.

CIBSE has launched its fourth “100 Hours of Carbon Clean Up” campaign (HEJ – September 2008), under which it is encouraging organisations to set aside as much time as possible, and ideally at least 100 hours, during the six-week initiative to reduce their buildings’ carbon emissions.

The London Borough of Redbridge (LBR) has granted planning permission for the development of a new, low-secure mental health facility at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford.

The Facilities Management Graduate Centre within the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University will now be known as the Centre for Facilities Management Development.

VINCI Park, which claims to be the world’s largest car parking operator, has acquired Karspace Management in a £1 million deal which it says highlights its ambitious growth plans.

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has issued position papers on energy and skills.

An Engineering Council UK (ECUK) conference at The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology in Coleman Street in London on 14 October,

The NHS must play a strong role in both carbon reduction and climate change resilience over the next two decades, says a new 40-page report, Fit for the Future, co-produced by the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) and Forum for the Future and based on the latest scientific evidence on the potential impact of climate change on the UK as a whole, and on healthcare provision in particular, over the next 20 years.

IHEEM is pleased to announce that it has increased its presence in the virtual world. Membership officer Charlotte Fletcher said: “Members can now join our group on LinkedIn, become a fan on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

In July IHEEM’s International Committee welcomed three members of the Norwegian Forum for Sykehus Tekniske Ledelse (NFSTL), the country’s equivalent to IHEEM and an IFHE member organisation, who visited the Institute’s Portsmouth’s offices to meet the head office team and other key personnel.

The Institute is staging three one-day seminars on managing medical gas systems within healthcare premises over the next two months. Being held in London on 13 October, Birmingham on 17 November, and Newcastle on 24 November, these will cover topics including:

IHEEM members will soon be able to buy specially-produced Institute ties and scarves. Earlier this year, following a request in Health Estate Journal, members were asked to give their opinion on a range of designs for a new tie for gentlemen and scarf for lady members (HEJ – March 2009).