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T-safe strengthens senior sales team with experienced pair
Leading water filtration and shower manufacturer, T-safe, has announced two changes to its staff line-up for 2021. Nick Barsby has been appointed Regional sales manager for UK (North), while Derek Pearce has been promoted to Regional sales manager for UK (South). T-safe said: “Nick Barsby is a familiar face within the water safety industry, and is presently vice-chair of the Legionella Control Association, having previously held senior commercial and technical roles on behalf of major laboratory analysis providers. Derek Pearce has accumulated more than 10 years’ healthcare sector experience, fulfilling both technical and consultative roles for high-profile compliance software providers and water hygiene companies.” ‘’Both Nick and Derek have a deep understanding of the water safety challenges faced by NHS estates and facilities departments,” explained T-safe UK MD, Stephen McCreanor. “T-safe has always benefited from a strong product portfolio, supported by a best-in-class approach to product performance, validation, and quality. These new
Grange University Hospital opens ahead of schedule
Nick Barsby. Derek Pearce.
appointments will further enhance our ability to provide innovative solutions and technical support to our customers.” The announcement comes at an exciting time for T-safe, which, over the past three years, has witnessed significant growth within the UK healthcare market, ‘becoming a trusted partner for 1 in 3 NHS hospitals in the UK’. “We welcome both Nick and Derek to their new roles, and, following a recent rebrand for T-safe, look forward to 2021, where we will also celebrate our 75th Anniversary,” added Stephen McCreanor.
ISG to build new Sutton cancer centre
ISG has been awarded a ‘circa £50 m’ contract to build The Oak Cancer Centre at The Royal Marsden in London. The striking new building, at the gateway to the world-renowned cancer hospital and research centre’s Sutton site, will provide new outpatient facilities, medical day care, and collaboration space for clinical researchers. Named after the Oak Foundation, which has donated £25 m to the cost, The Oak Cancer Centre will bring together over 400 researchers from across The Royal Marsden’s Sutton and Chelsea sites, in a building designed to stimulate collaboration and speed up development of new cancer treatments. The six-storey, 134,000 ft2
concrete-
framed building, scheduled for completion in summer 2022, is targeting a BREEAM ‘Excellent’, and will become the centrepiece of an ambitious plan, alongside academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, to create a £1 billion cancer research campus – The London Cancer Hub, in Sutton.
The building has been designed ‘to bring patients and researchers closer together to drive innovation in treatments and outcomes’, with floor layouts and high specification materials selected with the patient experience at the heart.
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The £350 million, 471-bedded Grange University Hospital in Gwent in South Wales opened to patients on 17 November, four months ahead of schedule, to help the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board respond to winter pressures and COVID-19. Architects, BDP, dubbed the hospital a key component of the Board’s Clinical Futures Programme, which is ‘transforming health service delivery’ across the Gwent region. Working closely with Gleeds, and main contractor, Laing O’ Rourke, BDP designed and delivered several sections to allow the building to open partially last April, almost a year earlier than planned – in response to increasing COVID-19 cases. Following the Board’s recent occupation of the remaining space, the hospital will provide a centre of excellence to treat the region’s most seriously ill, or those with significant injuries, and act as the Emergency Department (A&E) for everyone living in Gwent.
A large ground floor full-height atrium floods the reception with natural light, while the saw tooth roof design allows light to enter, and provides space for a large photovoltaic array.
Constructed on a sloping brownfield site, patient areas extend across the lower ground floor through to level two, with the two upper floors providing research space. Facilities include a Rapid Diagnostic Centre and a new Medical Day Unit designed to provide an optimal chemotherapy treatment environment. Open treatment bay areas at level two are a response to patient and clinician feedback on designs to optimise treatment experiences. The building incorporates large open plan floorplates and reconfigurable spaces to ‘future- proof’ accommodation. The façade incorporates extensive curtain walling and brise soleil solar shading.
Architect director at BDP, Adrian Hitchcock, said: “The design concept saw the hospital divided into three distinct zones, which could be progressed with a degree of autonomy from one another. This, together with offsite fabrication of components, helped make this extraordinary achievement possible today.” Victoria Head, Gleeds’ head of Healthcare in the UK, said: “Our commitment to doing things differently has paid dividends, from a programme saving of 23% achieved through Modern Methods of Construction, to our pledge to collaborate with BDP, Laing O’Rourke, and the ABUHB throughout. The GUH has changed the rhetoric of how healthcare projects should be delivered; we must take this template into the future.”
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