BEMS systems give developer sixth sense

Is now standardising on Trend Controls’ building energy management systems to ensure that such vital equipment runs within defined parameters, and that facilities without FM personnel on site day-to-day are kept both comfortable to work in, and fit-for-purpose. HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie reports.

Established in 2001, Community Solutions’ principal business, via partnerships with local community stakeholders such as PCTs and independent healthcare providers on the one hand, and funding partners and construction companies on the other, is to design, develop, and lease to PCTs and local authorities, build, and then manage, the facilities occupied by PCTs, independent healthcare providers, and other local “stakeholders”. As the company itself puts it: “Community Solutions is responsible for a portfolio of well-equipped modern premises, many being local primary care centres or integrated health resource centres, throughout the UK”. Having seen a significant expansion in its portfolio since 2007 particularly, the company now owns and leases over 60 healthcare premises to public and primary sector partners, split equally through the NHS LIFT initiative and directly to GPs and PCTs. There are now eight Community Solutions LIFTCos, each either already operating, or in the process of building, between two and 10 healthcare centres of varying sizes. These LIFTCos are in Barnsley; Doncaster; Bury, Tameside and Glossop; Solent – on England’s south coast and around Portsmouth; Camden and Islington in London; Plymouth; West Sussex, and Bradford. The company’s non-LIFT portfolio is spread across both England and Scotland.

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