RECENT NEWS

Sourcing high quality heavy duty WC units has been simplified by stainless steel sanitaryware manufacturer W&G Sissons, with the launch of a product brochure featuring the company’s new Guardian and Centinel ranges.

High specification, engineering quality and competitive price are key factors influencing the decision made by Halifax General, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Coventry New Hospitals to invest time and money in air cooled single screw chillers operating with the environment friendly refrigerant R134a. Since its introduction in 2001, over 1,000 screw chillers with R134a refrigerant have been manufactured, installed and commissioned by McQuay International.

Leicestershire-based Hill-Rom has agreed a contract with University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust to fully equip its hospitals with new AvantGuard hospital beds, specialist mattresses and furniture, over a phased five year period with a comprehensive contract for services over the next 15 years.

One of the ongoing aims of the Institute is to improve communication with its members. The IHEEM website at www.iheem.org.uk is packed full of information including all the latest event, branch and industry news. Planning your diary for the next six months? Then go to your dedicated branch pages where you will find all the latest information about forthcoming local events as well as contact details for the branch committee members. Been asked to find the contact details of your local Authorised Person (Steriliser)? Then go to the Authorising Engineers section where you will find a complete list.

UK manufacturer of window products, Nico Manufacturing has extended its range with the launch of a new Shootbolt for Euro groove profiles. Part of the Security Plus range, the Shootbolt combines effective design, robust construction and UK manufacture to ensure reliability, security and performance.

SGB Rovacabin has supplied modular buildings to a GP surgery in Norfolk while construction of a new building takes place. Swanton Morely nurse-led surgery in Dereham has been using SGB Rovacabin’s 9.6 m units as a temporary measure. The interlinked units are being used as a waiting room, offices, consulting rooms, nurses’ rooms, toilet facilities and a staffroom.

Happy New Year to you all – I hope you have had a wonderful time over the holiday and are now reinvigorated for 2005, writes Tammy Simmons, IHEEM’s recruitment manager.

To help builders, contractors and specifiers ensure that all commercial and public buildings satisfy the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Building Regulations Pt.M:2004, Reading-based Kee Klamp has introduced a new range of galvanised iron fittings.

By delivering natural daylight to all areas of a building, Monodraught SunPipes make a major contribution to the reduction of energy consumption in new build and refurbishment healthcare facilities.

Kohler Mira has launched the Rada Autotherm-3 BSM, the UK’s first fully approved TMV3 bath shower mixer; a genuine innovation to comply with DO8 healthcare specifications. The product has achieved TMV3 approval in both high pressure and low pressure bath and bath / shower categories – an industry first.

The Ewx (External Works) 2005 Exhibition has confirmed that the event will be supported for the first time by the Institution of Lighting Engineers (ILE), the UK and Ireland’s largest and most influential professional lighting association, dedicated solely to excellence in lighting.

A range of smoke and fire dampers, manufactured by air distribution company Gilberts, has been re-engineered and launched at a significantly lower price

The European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) this year held its meeting in Rome, hosted by the Istituto Superiore di Sanita. There were representatives from many countries of the world and presentations detailing where outbreaks occurred, the epidemiology and actions taken. Presentations included treatment therapies and insights into the way LD bacteria are hosted in biofilm found within water systems.

In the fight to help eliminate hospital acquired infections (HAIs), and the general spread of disease carrying organisms through cross infection, white moulded electrical lighting and power accessories from Crabtree can now be supplied with BioCote advanced surface hygiene protection.

Two presentation days were recently arranged for factory visits to thermostatic valve manufacturer Horne Engineering by delegations from the East Midlands Branch of IHEEM.

A completely revised edition of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guide to natural ventilation in buildings is now available. The publication brings together the latest guidance and research on the subject and provides an expert guide as to how natural ventilation can best be incorporated into buildings. Aimed mainly at building services engineers and designers, the guide will also be useful to facilities and building managers who want background information on the subject.

IHEEM is staging seminars on medical gas safety in conjunction with the Medical Gas Association. These will be held on the 14 September in London, on 20 September in Newcastle, and 8 October in Birmingham.

A new air filter that is said to be unique due to a “memory” and self-supporting media, has been launched by Northumberland-based manufacturer AAF Air Filters.

Altro Imprint safety flooring offers stunning design elements without forcing any compromise on practical features. Imprint is perfect for use in general circulation and front of house areas where aesthetic qualities are as highly sought after as underfoot safety.

For his article titled ‘Questioning oxygen flow rate guidance’, published in the August 2004 issue of Health Estate Journal, Stuart Ward of Guangdong Province, China, has been awarded the Northcroft Silver Medal.