FEATURE ARTICLES

Lee James, General manager – Product Marketing, at fire detection equipment specialist, Nittan Europe, cautions against cutting corners on fire detection systems in hospitals and other healthcare premises.

Richard Hutchinson, a Partner and director of LOM Architecture & Design, discusses the practice’s design of a new Care and Rehabilitation Centre (CRC) for Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) at its site near Leatherhead in Surrey.

When the South Wales Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Swansea was looking to expand, & installing an Atlas Copco on-site oxygen generation system, increased therapy capacity, reduced running costs, & provided energy savings

Chris Connors, head of Sales (South) at DTGen, discusses the future of standby power generation in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Anuradha Sabherwal, a senior associate at NBBJ, and Jon Nuttall, an associate director at Hoare Lee, take a look at some of the key steps to take in designing, delivering, and operating and maintaining, a Net Zero Carbon hospital.

Keith Carey, Marketing manager at SALTO Systems, which counts healthcare among its key vertical markets, looks at some of the ways in which hospitals can update and consolidate security and access control across their estate.

A facility said to be the UK’s greenest health centre built to meet Passivhaus certification – Foleshill Heath Centre in Coventry – has opened its doors to patients.

The director of Global Operations at Kids Operating Room describes the charity’s work to try to ‘close the gap’ in children’s healthcare globally, but especially in low and middleincome countries.

Matt Morse and Nick Barsby of the Legionella Control Association (LCA) take a detailed look at some of the key steps to take, and the pitfalls to avoid, in the event of positive Legionella test results.

Greg Markham, Estates & Assets director at Serco Health, advocates a more structured approach to healthcare asset management across the NHS, and reports on IHEEM’s plans to provide more associated tools and training

Andrew Poplett, an Authorising Engineer (Water & Ventilation) with specialist knowledge of water and critical ventilation systems, discusses when it may be appropriate for health service-providers to seek derogations.

Construction and engineering teams at Tilbury Douglas have worked together to deploy a fast-track MMC approach to help the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust alleviate COVID-19 and winter-related pressures.

During the COVID-19 pandemic there have been greater changes to the planning process for healthcare real estate than at any point in the NHS’s history, believes Huw Mellor, a Partner at the Oxford offices of Carter Jonas

Plans to deliver 48 new hospitals across England by the end of the decade were discussed by senior figures working on the programme and a Trust CEO at a webinar in July.

One positive outcome of the COVID-19 crisis has been the increased focus on improving the ventilation of indoor spaces, and the need to measure indoor air quality (IAQ).

Speaking as part of the European Healthcare Design Congress, three senior speakers fror, Brandon Medical, discussed how the use of ‘smart and flexible’ such equipment is key in supporting Modern Methods of Construction

IHEEM continues to deliver on its commitment to provide its members with access to a wide choice of professional and technical training opportunities through its Knowledge Partnerships.

Speaking following the day’s first presentation, by the IHEEM President , IHEEM AE (Water), and renowned water safety system expert, David Harper, discussed some of his experience ‘at the sharp end’.

3 senior electrical engineering specialists from multinational professional services firm, Arup, discuss the findings of a study on the cost and environmental benefits of replacing gas-fired boilers in hospital buildings with electric-based systems

Key representatives from the modular building sector are developing fully HTM, HBN, and DDA-compliant standardised offsite solutions for hospital wards and theatres.