Using GIS (Geographic Information System) software from Esri UK, the system replaces paper-based processes with digital workflows to improve the accuracy and efficiency of RAAC inspections. It reveals where the highest risk areas are in real time, which informs the mitigation works – including temporary propping, steel reinforcements, and fixing roof leaks. Esri says the … Read more

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) subsequently collated a business case seeking approval for the £3 million investment from the Estates and Technology Transformation Fund. Once funding was granted, NHSPS’s construction team designed and delivered the refurbishment, which included extending the site to the side and adding an extra storey.  One year later, the upgrade has ‘unlocked’ … Read more

Designed to supply construction materials to housing providers and the wider public sector managing the delivery of repairs and maintenance works, the framework can accommodate multi-year contracts, and will provide access to all goods required throughout the property lifecycle. Fusion21 said: “Offering innovation in technology and service delivery solutions, and a new lot for ‘Adapted … Read more

However, its rapid provision was made possible only through the innovative FLEX managed services project package developed by MTX, and extraordinary collaboration between the contractor and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.   The off-site three-floor REI brings together outpatient and surgical eye treatments previously provided within the main hospital, and is designed to enable operations on … Read more

The custom-made lab – designed to facilitate training and development of technicians – offers hands-on simulations and a classroom set-up featuring all equipment ICS Cool Energy sells, hires, and services – including chillers, free coolers, temperature control units (TCU), heat exchangers, controls ‘and more’.  With the new suite, ICS Cool Energy aims to equip technicians … Read more

The Cheshire-based business’s system was designed to cut the risk of serious injury on busy construction sites and places of work where heavy plant are operational. Providing ‘a world-class level of protection for contractors in the most demanding of safety-focused environments’, Safety Shield gives operators a full 360-degree ‘window’ to ensure workforce safety. Using AI … Read more

The contractor undertook three projects simultaneously across the site to upgrade the  facilities, with the hospital remaining entirely operational throughout the 26-month period. Works included exterior upgrades of cladding, windows, and steel support structures; the refurbishment of 88 patient bedrooms – including new shower/wet rooms and new nursing stations and support services, and a two-storey … Read more

The installation comprises five interconnected roofs on one building, and will have 470 PV panels, five SolarEdge inverters, and 261 optimisers. Estimates show that it will generate circa 200,000 kWh annually to save circa 50 tonnes of CO2 a year. Aztec Solar will connect, commission, and test the new solar PV system over just two … Read more

With an extensive background in the sector, he will lead the business development of digital access solutions within both private and public healthcare settings. The new appointee has spent over a decade within Assa Abloy ‘family’ – his journey having begun in 2004, specialising in mechanical master key systems. Over the years he progressed within … Read more

Hillingdon Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously in favour of the refurbishment scheme. NHS Property Services (NHSPS) and North West London Integrated Care Board will work closely to deliver the works, expected to start mid- this year. Two GP practices, Carepoint and Acre, will be relocated into the refurbished building from nearby Northwood Health Centre to … Read more

Having ‘combined their strengths to deliver excellence in modern healthcare environments’ over the last year, both companies have been looking at how modular construction and alternative funding options could ‘transform the idea of what a modern healthcare estate could look like’. Darwin Group CEO, Richard Pierce (pictured), believes a strategic overhaul is long overdue. He … Read more

The company says this new alliance between all door business segments across the different regions strengthens its offering, and will help focus on key objectives, ‘as well as further cementing its lead position in the marketplace’. As part of the partnership, Door Group will benefit from ‘a range of innovative new products’, set to be … Read more

One of the 25 new sites, delivered during the 2023/4 financial year, is a communal garden next to Haxby and Wigginton Health Centre in York. NHSPS funded the redevelopment of the green space, known as Whole Life Community Garden (pictured), and the revitalised plot is looked after by a local community group, and hosts horticultural … Read more

The project has recently seen the transportation and delivery of five air-handling unit PODs and two sub-station PODs to the site from Merit’s factory in Cramlington, which have since been lifted into position. A 500-tonne crane was used to lift the 30-tonne AHU PODs and the 35-tonne sub-station PODs onto the hospital roof, a logistical … Read more

Located in Hexagon Tower, a specialist science and technology facility, the company’s microbiologists provide analytical services for microorganisms such as Legionella, E.coli, total coliforms and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  “Our new Manchester lab is a key part of our growth and expansion which will allow us to provide the highest quality microbiological water testing to further regions … Read more