RECENT NEWS

Global water treatment and magnetic filtration manufacturer, Adey, has launched a new Commercial Division, ‘dedicated to providing a complete package of water management solutions and services for commercial heating and cooling systems’.

This year Pland Stainless will mark 100 years in British manufacturing.

Arguing that plant managers ‘would benefit from developing a basic understanding of the properties of steam’, Spirax Sarco says that a new guide, The Fundamentals of Steam Quick Start Guide, ‘identifies several core elements to help develop knowledge within key areas’.

HAC Medical Gas Training and Services has developed a new e-learning package, adherent to HTM 02-01 (and SHTM 02-01) standards, ‘to make medical gas training more accessible and time-efficient for nursing and clinical personnel’.

BSI, the business standards company, has released British standard BS 8580-1:2019: Water quality. Risk assessments for Legionella control. Code of practice, ‘a significant revision to the 2010 British Standard providing further guidelines for assessing water quality and the risk of Legionnaires’ disease’.

BSI explained: “This standard gives recommendations and guidance on the assessment of the risk of Legionellosis presented by artificial water systems. Legionellosis is a collective term for diseases caused by bacteria of the genus Legionella, an opportunist pathogen which normally inhabits warm, moist or aquatic environments.”

Medical Air Technology (MAT) recently completed work on Theatres 3 and 4 in the Riverside Treatment Centre at University Hospital Lewisham, upgrading them from conventional to ultraclean as part of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) lifecycle and upgrade programme.

AFL Architects has been appointed to support Rutherford Diagnostics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Proton Partners, as it ‘plans to embark on an ambitious programme of healthcare development across the UK’.

Awarded the programme of works contract in 2018 following a competitive tender, the practice will work with Rutherford Estates as delivery partner across the schemes. The first going into construction is the five-storey Rutherford Diagnostics HQ building in Liverpool, as part of the £1bn Paddington Village masterplan. The project broke ground in early January, with the building to be located directly adjacent to the Rutherford Cancer Centre, which is currently in its later stages of construction.

BDP has made ‘a strategic investment’ in Toronto-based Quadrangle, ‘one of Canada’s most respected architecture and interior design practices’.

The practices say the partnership will create a platform for continued international growth in key markets and sectors across Canada and North America.

Health and care property company, Prime, has completed a deal to purchase full shares in joint venture company, Interserve Prime.

The company will be known as Prime Partnering Solutions. Prime says the acquisition ‘will have no impact on ongoing projects, other than to offer increased efficiency and the convenience of a single point of contact to clients and suppliers’. It added: “Interserve remains a key supply chain partner to Prime, and the two companies continue to enjoy a good working relationship.”

Healthcare professionals from across Scotland are being invited to a ‘specialist event’ on 22 February in Glasgow hosted by medical technology organisation, Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, which will explore the Scottish Waiting Times Improvement Plan, and look at how flexible infrastructure strategies can help NHS Boards across the country meet waiting times for diagnostic and surgical procedures.

Assa Abloy UK, a division of Assa Abloy Group, which claims to be ‘the global leader in door opening solutions’, has unveiled its new name, with the business known as Assa Abloy Opening Solutions UK & Ireland.

Medical Air Technology (MAT) recently completed the refurbishment of a pre-existing operating theatre complex at Bedford Hospital, upgrading both theatres 3 and 4 with the addition of ECO-flow™ Dynamic ultraclean ventilation (UCV) systems.

Medical Air Technology (MAT) has completed the refurbishment of a pre-existing operating theatre complex at Bedford Hospital, upgrading both theatres 3 and 4 with the addition of ECO-flow Dynamic ultraclean ventilation (UCV) systems.

The new ultraclean theatres will allow the hospital to increase its orthopaedic output and expand its range of surgeries. MAT was appointed directly by the hospital, winning the contract in a competitive tender with a submission that the company says showed it ‘offered not only the best equipment package and shortest delivery period, but also the best overall understanding of the project’.

Following the launch today (14 January) of the Government's Clean Air Strategy 2019, air pollution and air filtration specialist, Camfil, says it welcomes its recognition of the effect of indoor air quality (IAQ) on people's health.

Plans to develop a ‘world-leading’ cancer research hub in south London have taken a major step forward, with the completion of the final stage in a £30 million investment in land.

RSK Group, which claims to be the UK’s leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business, has announced its latest acquisition – design, property, and construction consultancy, Pellings – the ninth acquisition that RSK, a privately owned company with 36 international offices, over 2,700 staff, and an annual turnover of £200 m, has made in the 2018/2019 financial year.

A UK company, Pellings employs around 125 staff, with an annual turnover of £12.5 million and four offices in London and south-east England.

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UCL, and Moorfields Eye Charity, have announced that AECOM, Penoyre & Prasad, and White Arkitekter, have been appointed to design their proposed new centre for eye care, research, and education in London under a scheme proposal called Oriel.

The appointment follows a ‘comprehensive’ six-month long RIBA-led competition process.

Oriel is a joint proposal from Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL, and Moorfields Eye Charity to relocate all services from Moorfields Eye Hospital on City Road and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology on Bath Street to a new, purpose-built facility at a preferred site at St Pancras Hospital.

An Isle of Man hospice has enhanced its bedside cable management by using the Cable Koala, a new magnetic cable tie from HellermannTyton.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge are using microencapsulation technologies developed by Dolomite Microfluidics to develop ‘self-healing’ construction materials.

Architectural product specialist, Hunter Douglas Architectural, has supplied its leading solid wood linear ceiling for a new £40 million hospital in London that has replaced buildings dating back to the Second World War.