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5 Comment: Technical Platforms’ wide-ranging activity highlighted 5 Cover story: P4 reflects on 35 years in emergency lighting 7 Institute News: Keynote speakers announced for Healthcare Estates 12 Training and Development section 29 Health Sector News: Architect sought for Fleming Centre
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23 Top athlete entertains dinner guests at Wales Awards An Awards Dinner on the first day of the IHEEM Wales Regional Conference, Exhibition and Awards for 2024 at the ICC Wales saw five awards presented, and an entertaining after-dinner speech by renowned Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete, Colin Jackson CBE.
34 Navigating Australia’s new HVAC filter standard Gregor Riese, director at Australian- based supplier of filtration, UV,
and disinfection technologies for the healthcare and pharma sectors, Opira Group, discusses an important new Australian standard for the classification of filters used in HVAC systems.
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37 Ensuring business continuity after a ‘natural disaster’ Jordan Bartlett, a Facility & Seismic Resilience consultant at Proactive Design in Australia, considers how those responsible for keeping plant safe and secure in healthcare facilities need – where their region is at risk of such occurrences – to prepare a Business Continuity Plan to cater for natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes.
41 HTM standby generation derogations explained Geoff Halliday, Business consultant at WB Power Services, discusses the practical application of the guidance in HTM 06 to standby generators.
46 Dealing with emergencies when working at height Ashley Morpeth, an Authorising Engineer at ETA Projects, and experienced health and safety professional, discusses some of the key guidance on formulating emergency and rescue plans for working at height, including rooftop working.
51 Smart lighting and sensors for bereavement facility George Pritchard, Technical director at Scenariio, a smart buildings and IT specialist, on the company’s work to install LED lights, environmental sensors, and emergency lighting, at a children’s bereavement counselling centre in Derbyshire.
55 Teaching can learn from paediatric healthcare design Arcadis’s Richard Mazuch, an architect, and the founder of TH!NK – the R&D arm of IBI (with whom Arcadis merged in late 2022), discusses some of the key learnings from paediatric healthcare design for areas such as teaching, and vice-versa.
61 How digital twin technology is informing NHS projects Charlie Hinchey, from Trend Control Systems, explains how Milton Keynes University Hospital is working with Trend Controls, AES, and Haltian, to understand the benefits of digital twin systems.
65 Making digital construction ‘business as usual’ Mark Gibson, Managing director – Healthcare, at Sir Robert McAlpine, looks at some of the benefits that a growing arsenal of digital construction tools can bring – both to designers and builders of healthcare facilities and the end-client.
68 Championing the benefits of modular wiring
Apex Wiring Solutions Sales director, Paul Hopps, outlines how the modular wiring manufacturer is ‘helping to revolutionise construction of healthcare facilities’, and champions ‘the many benefits’ that modular wiring offers the sector.
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