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University an inspiration to FM industry


he University of Bradford’s Facilities and Estates Management Team has been called an ‘inspiration’ by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Facilities Management Group after their fourth CIBSE Building Performance Awards win, including their second success in the top category.


Formerly Carbon Champions in 2012, the university team claimed the re-named Building Performance Champion Award – the top prize – along with the Facilities Management Team Award. The university has managed to decrease its carbon footprint by 35% in a decade, cut utilities costs by 27% and save £8 million. City Campus in Bradford is the only place in the world where a single estate has three ‘BREEAM Outstanding’ buildings and a


Passivhaus building within 100m of each other.


David Stevens, Co-Vice Chair of the CIBSE Facilities Management Group, said: “The Bradford team have a truly inspirational approach to facilities and sustainability management, and their continued success at the Building Performance Awards is testament to the great work being done out there by facilities managers in all kinds of industries.


“Their active engagement of stakeholders, such as joint ventures with academics, and commitment to sustainable development, evidenced by three BREEAM ‘Outstanding buildings and a Passivhaus Building, showed true commitment to estate improvement and carbon reduction.” Picked out of a strong field for their forward-thinking ‘Ecoversity’ programme, the University of


uWinning ways: the triumphant University of Bradford Facilities and Estates Management Team collecting their CIBSE awards.


Bradford was recognised for implementing measures that tackle both the issues related to the fabric of their estate and the issues relating


T New member sign‐ups for the BPMA


he BPMA has signed up several new members, which it attributes to its ongoing commitment to represent the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and pumping equipment. Among the joiners is


Sheffield-based KTR UK Limited, whose Marketing Manager, Rod Sarich, said: “We’re delighted to be joining BPMA, which will give us the opportunity to


showcase our work to industry professionals and to network and share ideas and best practice with our peers. KTR


has been manufacturing couplings and supplying the UK and global markets for more than 50 years and being in BPMA gives us the opportunity to share some of that experience and expertise with our fellow members and increase KTR’s presence in the UK.”


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romoting the expertise of building engineering contractors to local authorities, consulting engineers, architects and key end user groups will be central to the strategy pursued by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) this year.


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BESA has appointed former Travis Perkins senior executive Kevin Kingaby to the new position of Key Accounts Manager – Specifiers to spearhead a programme aimed at creating


to the estate’s occupants and users. Ultimately, the judges’ decision to present the Bradford team with two awards came down to the high quality data they were able to provide, as well as evidence of a stringent and continually challenging carbon management plan and targets.


NEWS BSEE Appointments


Risk consultancy lands fire expert International fire


engineering expert Andy Passingham has joined Olsson's, the UK fire and risk consultancy. Passingham’s career spans 25 years having worked globally from Hong Kong to New York in multi-disciplinary design on a variety of projects including the high profile Eden Project, the Xiqu Chinese Opera House, Hong Kong and the Olaya Metro Station, Riyadh. A specialist in building engineering and fire engineering disciplines, he will be based at Ollson’s Bath office.


BESA steps up focus on specifiers


stronger links between specifiers and BESA members to help ensure projects meet clients’ expectations and commercial objectives. He will promote membership of the Association as a ‘badge of quality’ for specifiers looking to appoint top quality contractors. BESA is one of few trade associations in the UK to insist that prospective and existing members are subjected to an independent, third party accredited Competence Assessment Scheme (CAS).


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