on the case Nurse’s aid
A state-of-the art IPiN nursecall system has been installed by The Wandsworth Group at the £225m Pembury Hospital. Constructed on the site of the former Pembury Hospital, just outside Tunbridge Wells, the PFI scheme currently sits beside its Victorian predecessor, providing a stark contrast between old style healthcare and showpiece 21st century facilities. Specification of Wandsworth’s Ethernet based IPiN nursecall system is indicative of the new hospital’s progressive approach and of the emphasis placed on future proofing the scheme.
The M&E specialist appointed for the project, Crown House Technologies, specified that all components of the M&E installation should have a lifespan of at least 15 years. The flexibility of Wandsworth’s IPiN nursecall system, along with the capacity to update the system and access it remotely via a secure connection all contribute to meeting this stipulation and it is anticipated that the IPiN System will form the central element of a bedhead communications and controls panel as technology advances. The Wandsworth IPiN system has been installed throughout the wards, acute treatment areas and A&E unit at the 612 bed Pembury Hospital, with Wandsworth taking on responsibility for designing, supplying, installing and commissioning the system as part of the £650,000 contract.
When the boat comes in
Work is well underway on the new 65,000 tonne Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier that is being built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA), with the first consignments of the innovative Blolite blown optical fibre solution from Brand-Rex now shipped in readiness for installation. As the largest ships ever built for the Royal
Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will provide a 16,000m2
military operating
base that can be deployed worldwide. Each carrier will have nine decks, plus a flight deck the size of three football pitches, along with two propellers weighing 33 tonnes and producing a maximum speed of over 25 knots (46km/h). By being able to upgrade as needed Blolite eliminates the upheaval of having to ‘rip and replace’ existing cabling in the future. Brand-Rex will also provide training for Royal Navy personnel to enable them to blow fibre in an operational theatre, allowing upgrades to the communications infrastructure or damage control to take place without the need to return to port. When the work is completed all the ships’ IP based communications will run over the system – including voice, data, security and sophisticated aircraft deployment.
Air care
Marshall-Tufflex’s Powerpole cable containment solution has been chosen to handle power and data feeds within the new ‘One Terminal’ facility at Birmingham Airport, the UK’s second largest outside London.
The airport handled more than 8.5 million passengers last year and is expecting that number to grow, particularly now that its facilities have been improved with the £13m development of the One Terminal project, which has united two terminals, creating a larger security area and improving the experience of travellers. The Marshall-Tufflex ‘island’ location Powerpoles have been installed within the Terminal’s
Passenger Security Area (PSA), handling power and data cables for vital X-ray, scanning and security equipment. They were specified jointly by Birmingham Airport and M&E consulting engineer Hulley & Kirkwood. They also met D5 Architects’ requirements for an aesthetically pleasing solution to containing ceiling fed power and data services to the point of use.
The main contractor for the One Terminal project was Morgan Sindall, with building works carried out in three phases. Marshall- Tufflex Powerpoles were supplied and installed in phase two by electrical services contractor Summit Electrical and in phase three by Prolec.
Council connection
Over 200 of Lewisham Council’s services have been relocated to Logicalis’ high density data centre (HDDC).
Logicalis was able to successfully implement the existing services into its purpose built data centre with no issues.
The Council of the London Borough of Lewisham provides a range of high quality services to over 250,000 who live, work and learn within the area.
Lewisham, like other local authorities, is under continuous strain to save costs, as well as being mandated to meet CO2 emissions targets as part of its Carbon Reduction Commitment. The Borough found that its managed contract, including the provision of its data centre resource was due for renewal, and Lewisham discovered that its neighbouring council, Bromley, was also looking to retender its ICT managed services contract at the same time, with the only difference between the requirements were that Bromley houses its own data centre. The decision was made to leverage the opportunity and take advantage of their similar technical infrastructures and contract requirements by applying for a joint tender for primary services such as desktop support, voice and data support and separately issuing a tender for hosted data centre services as Lewisham’s were hosted by its existing outsource partner.
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