Month: November 2023
Competence tables to help ensure delivery of safe high-rise buildings
Following 2017’s Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government commissioned an independent review of UK building regulations and fire safety led by Dame Judith Hackitt. This report informed the Building Safety Act 2022, ensuring that everyone undertaking design or building work on higher-risk buildings demonstrates a high level of competence and expertise. This ‘guarantees compliance with building … Read more
Canadian office opening a ‘pivotal moment’ in in Archus’s journey
The strategic infrastructure specialist says the move marks a significant milestone in its strategy of driving growth through investment in new markets, and follows a £9 million investment from experienced growth capital investors, BGF, announced earlier this year. The news follows appointments for several projects across multiple Canadian provinces, including Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and … Read more
Bender UK’s new Sales Director will ‘drive growth’.
Carl Fletcher will be responsible for the management and development of the Sales function that covers the main business areas of Healthcare, eMobility, Service Solutions, and Industry. Bender provides systems ‘that make electrical infrastructures smart and safer in applications such as hospitals, mining, renewable energy, and electric vehicles’. A supplier of electrical safety monitoring products, … Read more
‘Innovative’ waste management procurement solution launched
It has been developed in collaboration with Barts Health NHS Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, and ‘suppliers of pioneering sustainable waste management services and technologies’. NHS SBS says it gives NHS organisations and the public sector access to ‘carefully vetted vendors of innovative, … Read more
Leeds high school students get careers taster from ‘new hospitals’ team
The Trust’s (LTHT) ‘Building the Leeds Way Programme’ team – which is responsible for leading the project to build new ‘state-of-the-art’ hospitals in Leeds – led the event at Aspire on Infirmary Street for Year 9 and 10 students from Mount St. Mary’s, Carr Manor, Bishop Young Academy, Cockburn Academy, Co-op Academy, and Leeds East … Read more
NG Bailey supports creation of Emergency Care Village in Worksop
Undertaken in partnership with Integrated Healthcare Projects (IHP), it will see the firm deliver all mechanical, electrical and public health installations on site – both for the new Emergency Care Village, and the refurbishment of existing clinical and mental health accommodation to create a new Paediatric Assessment Unit and Acute Medical Unit at Bassetlaw Hospital. … Read more
Birmingham event will focus on cutting sector’s climate change impact
The sector is major emitter of carbon – if the global sector were a country, it would be the world’s fifth largest polluter, with the NHS contributing six per cent of the UK’s total carbon footprint. Operating theatres make up as much as 25% of hospitals’ contribution, but three in every four people need surgery … Read more
Construction begins for new £6.9m Plymouth neuro rehabilitation service
The service is currently delivered from the neighbouring NHS Property Services-owned facility, located on the Mount Gould Hospital estate, a few minutes away from the Mount Gould LCC. Its current home at the Plym Neuro Rehab Unit is a 15-bed inpatient facility for adults with acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological conditions, … Read more