ENGINEERING A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE The government’s Spending Review should include support for innovation, especially to achieve the aims of net zero emissions, resilient infrastructure, and nationwide digitalisation, according to recommendations published by the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) today. The UK should aim to be not just a science superpower, but a science, … Read more
Date: Tuesday 22nd September 2020 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon BST Location: This session will be a webinar hosted on the GoToWebinar platform. Register here Our next webinar will be taking place on Tuesday 22nd September 2020 at 11:00 AM via the GoTo Webinar platform. In summary, the presentation will focus on three main areas: 1. The … Read more
The Engineering Council has published new editions of its internationally-recognised standards of professional competence and commitment. This follows the completion of the Engineering Council’s five-yearly Standards Review process, a wide-ranging consultation with stakeholders, including registrants, professional engineering institutions (PEIs), employers, education providers and the general public. The revised standards documents are as follows: The UK … Read more
The IHEEM Ventilation Platform has released the below response regarding the Use of Air Conditioning systems (Permanent & Temporary) & Desk Fans during COVID-19 Pandemic Click here to read the full response
IHEEM has launched its first Healthcare Facility Planning Course in partnership with TAHPI. “Healthcare Planning is one of the many essential responsibilities that our personal and affiliate members actively lead or engage within their roles as healthcare professionals. The current need for all healthcare organisations to identify future healthcare requirements at a strategic level both … Read more
The Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships programme is OPEN Our 12-month Enterprise Fellowships Programme supports creative, entrepreneurial engineers and designers who have demonstrated an exceptional innovation in engineering which they want to develop further. For this application round, the programme will start in January 2021. The application for stage one only takes 30 mins to complete – … Read more
Yesterday, 05/08/2020, we have been contacted by a number of members who have received the wrong name on their issue of August of HEJ. Since receiving the first call, we have investigated this issue further and can confirm that this was an issue with the mailing house where an error occurred when merging this to … Read more
As a professional working in the healthcare sector, particularly during this COVID-19 pandemic, you need to keep up to date with the numerous innovations happening right now. We are giving you the opportunity to Stay Connected through our webinars, Keep Informed about how innovation played a major part in meeting the significant healthcare engineering and … Read more
We are pleased to announce that we are now official members and partnered with The CPD Certification Service. From 1 January 2019 recording of CPD has been mandatory for all Engineering Council Registrants. In addition, from 1 January 2020, those who persistently refuse to engage in the process may be subject to removal from the Register. Most … Read more
The immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are being acutely felt across all aspects of our daily lives. This public health crisis will transform and leave an enduring impact on industry, business and enterprise, infrastructure and security, and on public behaviour and social attitudes. The pandemic’s legacy will be experienced by all generations across the … Read more
As a professional working in the healthcare sector, particularly during this COVID-19 pandemic, you need to keep up to date with the numerous innovations happening right now. We are giving you the opportunity to Stay Connected through our webinars, Keep Informed about how innovation played a major part in meeting the significant healthcare engineering and … Read more
The Engineering X Pandemic Preparedness programme, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, has launched its first two initiatives to support the UK and global engineering communities in learning from the current COVID-19 pandemic. Engineering X is an international collaboration, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, that brings together some … Read more
IHEEM’s Council in conjunction with Head Office have taken the decision to cancel all our planned IHEEM 2020 events. This includes the Authorising Engineer Conference, our Regional Conference and Exhibition, Healthcare Estates Conference, Exhibition and Awards Dinner 2020 and the 2020 Dublin conference which was previously deferred to November 2020. The safety of members, sponsors, … Read more
Whilst we understand the importance and speed needed in responding to the needs of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also need to make sure the basic principles of fire safety are being maintained. Our IHEEM Fire Safety Technical Platform has produced the following guidance. An appropriate level of fire safety maintenance is a requirement under law. … Read more
IHEEM have developed a Medical Gas Cylinder Monitor tool. This has been designed to allow for monitoring and analysis of a hospitals cylinder gas usage at sites where automated management software is not available. The tool allows the user to check the current stock levels and to set thresholds for the minimum number of each … Read more
