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

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

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