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New website provides resources on passive fire protection

Launched at London Build 2023 on 15 November, the website provides resources on passive fire protection, articulating design related challenges. Members of the PFKG presented updates on the group’s activities, highlighting recent work and sharing future plans at part of London Build’s Fire Safety Stage. PFKG was founded in 2022, as a ‘unique’ not-for-profit collaboration

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Nov

Modular heat pumps for seaside Devon hospital

The site serves the Dewnans Centre – a medium secure inpatient mental healthcare facility near the seaside town of Dawlish. While for service-users, living on a site located less than a mile from the sea can be beneficial, at the Dewnans Centre the Trust needed a solution that could cope with saline in the atmosphere,

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Nov

Significant expansion and upgrade at London’s major cancer treatment facility

Known as The Royal Marsden Chelsea Development, the expansion will deliver a newly integrated environment for research, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation for those living with, in remission of, and beyond cancer. Alongside the full project design team, including lead architect Stanton Williams, engineers, Hoare Lea, structural engineers, Ramboll, and cost consultant, Gardiner & Theobald, Turner

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Nov

Asia Pacific deal will ‘revolutionise patient care environments’

The two businesses say the agreement will introduce ‘cutting-edge’ medical equipment to Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia. Brandon Medical said:  “At the heart of this collaboration are the shared values that both Device Technologies and Brandon Medical hold dear. From an unwavering commitment to customer focus, and a dedication to innovation, quality, and

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Nov

More efficient key management at south-west London Trust

In its most recent CQC review, the Trust was rated ‘Outstanding’ for overall quality and leadership. Key management from the main reception area was, however, highlighted as an issue impacting time and resources, with too great a reliance on manual processes, including recording key locations on paper – which was a particular problem out of

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Nov

IHP to deliver to new Whipps Cross multi-storey car park

Barts Health NHS Trust selected IHP as the preferred contractor for the work using the Construction Works and Associated Services ProCure23 framework, which is delivered by the NHS in partnership with Crown Commercial Service for the NHS. The scheme will see construction of a multi-storey car park providing 500 spaces, making access to the new

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Nov

Striking poppies and life-side wooden horse feature at Birmingham Hospital

The poppy installation is made up of a life-size wooden horse on a field of 1,000 red poppies, with a display of white poppies and doves as a symbol of remembrance and peace. The poppies were crocheted and knitted by the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Knit and Natter group as part of its

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Nov

Striking poppies and life-size wooden horse feature at Birmingham Hospital

The poppy installation is made up of a life-size wooden horse on a field of 1,000 red poppies, with a display of white poppies and doves as a symbol of remembrance and peace. The poppies were crocheted and knitted by the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Knit and Natter group as part of its

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Nov

Guidance on ‘technical challenges’ of designing risers issued

The second in a series planned by the Association’s specialist Offsite Group, BESA Technical Bulletin TB56/1.2 provides a snapshot of guidelines, principles, and rules of thumb to be considered as early as possible in the design process for the spatial fit of services inside risers. The group’s first, released in March, covered service voids and

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Nov

Tool ‘provides accurate picture’ of CHP performance

Technology company, ENTRNCE, describes its new ‘Carbon Matcher’ as ‘a unique data platform’ that calculates the half-hourly carbon footprint of onsite combined heat and power (CHP) versus conventional methods of heat and  grid electricity. Currently licensed to EuroSite Power – a ‘UK leader’ in CHP and other onsite generation technologies, and reportedly a first of

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Nov

Major imaging department upgrade at North Yorkshire hospital

The hospital’s Radiology Department now boasts two CT scanners, including a new ‘state-of-the-art’ £900,000 machine – enabling over 100 extra patients to be scanned at the hospital each week. The 15-month project has seen the old radiology block undergo a £2.4 million transformation into a modern hospital department, creating a ‘spoke’ site for the Tees

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Nov

Enhanced safety measures for workers on mobile elevating work platforms

Incidents involving MEWPs, mast climbing work platforms, and hoists, continue to occur on construction sites each year, with The IPAF Global Safety Report 2023 saying there were 759 reports in 2022 from 34 countries. These saw 831 people involved in incidents, and 102 deaths. Willmott Dixon says falls from a mobile platform remain the most

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Nov

Howorth creates dedicated ‘hub’ for its design engineers

The new single-storey building in the grounds of the existing facility has freed up office space to accommodate an influx of new staff, as Howorth’s Pharma Division continues to grow. The business has taken on 12 additional staff in the Division so far this year, with further recruitment under way. The new hub houses Howorth’s

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Nov

BESA creates key building safety role

She will have a particular focus on the Building Safety Act and its implications for BESA members and the wider specialist building services sector. She has worked at BESA for over 30 years in a variety of roles, most recently as director of Certification. She was also head of Technical Schemes and Knowledge for 10

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Nov

Converting waste into chemicals to produce medical devices

The SPRIND Challenge ‘Circular Biomanufacturing’ is a three-year competition hosted by Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation. More than 50 groups applied from across the world, with eight selected for the first stage to develop novel bioprocessing techniques that will contribute to a circular economy.  The MATERI-8 project will use bacteria to ‘eat’ waste and

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Nov
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