CABE (The Chartered Association of Building Engineers) says its new process will enable Building Inspectors to evidence their skills, knowledge, and experience, and gain the necessary certification to allow them to apply to the BSR’s register of Building Inspectors. The Building Safety Act 2022 has made it mandatory for all building control inspectors undertaking restricted
The development is the second healthcare facility built by Caddick on behalf of United Healthcare Developments, following its recent completion of the Carlisle Healthcare South Hub. Both have achieved a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating, which Caddick says has been achieved ‘through a meticulous design and build process focused on integrated ventilation systems and a fabric first’
As of 2021-22, the NAO says 43% of the NHS estate was built pre-1985, and the maintenance backlog was £10.2 billion. Its report says that ‘seven entire hospitals are structurally unsound and in need of urgent replacement owing to the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)’, while surveys have found 41 buildings at 23
The ‘celebratory list’ highlights influential leaders across a range of industries for their positive impact on their respective industry. It recognises leaders ‘who show innovative thinking, exceptional leadership skills, and commitment to affirmative change in their daily work’. NHSPS says Dr Ghumra’s inclusion demonstrates his leadership at the organisation ‘in creating stronger corporate social responsibility
Assura CEO, Jonathan Murphy, said: “We are proud to have supported the delivery of healthcare for two decades, providing high-quality premises that serve the needs of health professionals and patients in a primary care setting. The new Prestbury Medical Centre in Wolverhampton will provide an essential new home to two re-locating GP practices, serving a
Working in partnership with Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham Hospital Foundation Trust (TRFT), colleagues at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are leading the programme to create a new, dedicated orthopaedic hub for the people of South Yorkshire at Montagu Hospital, where healthcare professionals will undertake hip and knee replacement
The company says the system will help residential high-rise buildings in the UK comply with the recently mandated BS8629:2019 code of practice requiring the use of sounders or similar devices to alert residents and other occupants of an emergency, and help guide them to safety. “When it comes to fire safety, swift and controlled evacuation
The Stepnell team was responsible for the design elements and rapid delivery of the purpose-built facility, which is intended for hospital staff to use in support of their health and wellbeing. It includes facilities such as a gym, counselling rooms, areas for complementary therapies, and for group or individual reflections after traumatic incidents. The Hub
Bouygues UK will build the centre, which is due to open in 2027. Part of the New Hospital Programme, it will ‘harness the expertise of the partners under one roof to enable closer collaborative working between clinicians and researchers’. Guests at the event included Lord Markham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the
The business says bringing together Imtech’s capabilities in engineering, facilities, and energy services by aligning the Imtech Engineering Services, Inviron, Breathe, and SPIE UK brands as Dalkia, ‘will increase market visibility’, and strengthens its commitment to support energy transition and Net Zero objectives in the UK’. Imtech added: “Re-branding to Dalkia brings a fresh new
The Minister was given a tour of the new surgical facility after unveiling a plaque to commemorate the opening, with both representatives of the Health Board and ModuleCo Healthcare (MCH), which provided the facility, in attendance. ModuleCo Healthcare (MCH) supplied the new unit as part of a long-term managed services agreement, which it says will
The global challenge to design a carbon Net Zero neonatal unit was launched earlier this year by Class Of Your Own (COYO) – an education consultancy and social enterprise established by former land surveyor, Alison Watson MBE, in 2009. The latest campaign was ‘kick-started’ with the support of NHS staff, the Bliss Charity – which
The multinational says the pilot programme represents another addition to its successful recycling scheme in North America, and that although it will be limited to Germany initially, it aims to expand the initiative to neighbouring countries. DuPont explained: “The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the PPE procured at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic
The single-storey unit includes the theatre suite with recovery rooms, a reception and waiting areas, office space, and a staff facility. Offsite-fabricated steel sections of the external shell were craned into position on the prepared site of a former car park before the installation of concrete screed floors and pre-manufactured walls. Once the single-storey structure
A key advisor to NHS organisations on all property matters, NHSPS has developed significantly as an organisation over the last decade, which it says has enabled its customers ‘to focus on what they do best – providing excellent care to patients’. To celebrate the ‘milestone birthday’, as well as the NHS’s 75th birthday today (Wednesday 5
