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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Design Quality Indicator for Health 2 launched
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has launched an updated version of its design quality evaluation tool, the Design Quality Indicator for Health 2, which it says ‘will contribute to improved design, long-term functionality, and sustainability, of future hospital new-build and major adaption and refurbishment projects’. This latest version enables the DQIfH2 to be used by healthcare organisations and their key stakeholders to engage earlier in the consultation and design process of all types of healthcare buildings. The tool has been updated to perform better with the latest NHS E&I requirements aligned to the current business case process, while being adaptable for use on accelerated project programmes. DQIfH2 is now designed to become the vehicle for not only design appraisal, but also staged review of other NHS estates assurances processes covering impact on the procurement process at an early stage, e.g. carbon reduction and sustainability, infection prevention and control, fire safety, planning, and BIM etc. The CIC’s original Design Quality Indicator,
launched in 2002, is a process for evaluating and improving the design and construction of any type of new building and the refurbishment of existing ones, with various sector specialisms, such as health, education, and civic buildings. It focused on involving a wider group of stakeholders in the design process than was then the case, involving both the design and construction teams, and those who used, financed, and were affected by, the building. The 2002 DQI provided staged review by stakeholders of a project’s design development – from concept to completion – consistent with RIBA and other industry standards, and in 2008 was adopted by the Department of Health as the Achieving Excellence Design Evaluation Toolkit (AEDET).
original DQI while also incorporating the best of the then obsolete AEDET.
Graham Watts.
DQIfH2 has been designed to follow the NHS’s business case process through Strategic Outline Case (SOC), Outline Business Case (OBC), Full Business Case (FBC), and Construction and Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE). The CIC says it supports the objectives set for major capital investment in the NHS
In 2010 the DH commissioned the first DQI for Health as the default design quality evaluation tool for all healthcare projects. It built on the solid foundations of the
healthcare estate, e.g. Health Infrastructure Plan 1 and 2 Schemes, and links with other government requirements on improved design quality to reduce risk and cost. Graham Watts, chief executive of CIC (pictured), said: ‘‘Improving quality in the built environment is at the core of CIC’s mission, and the new DQI for Health 2 aligns excellently with the work that CIC is doing elsewhere, in terms of improving building design, safety, quality, and procurement.’’
Project set to ‘transform the way healthcare facilities are built’ A £6 m project to ‘transform the way
schools and healthcare facilities are built’ has been granted £2.9 m of funding ‘to showcase the future of modern methods of construction (MMC)in the UK’. The consortium-led Seismic II project is ‘working on the future of construction’. Among a range of outcomes, the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded project via the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund will create a set of standardised reconfigurable components, working closely with the Construction
Innovation Hub to align platform interface standards. These components will reduce waste, cost, and carbon dioxide emissions, while increasing speed of delivery. The project participants said:
“Government procurement is already set to shift from traditional construction methods to MMC. Seismic II will show how this shift can happen while meeting the government’s own ‘Construction 2025’ vision of lower costs and emissions, faster delivery, and an increase in exports from the industry. Seismic II builds on the success of the
Acompact answerfor steamsterilisation Spirax Sarco has launched, a ‘clean
steam generator’, designed specifically to deliver a consistent and reliable sterilisation process for reusable equipment in healthcare applications. The company said: “Using steam is a simple, fast, and safe way to disinfect reusable equipment, but requires a continuous supply of high-quality clean and dry steam. The most effective way to reduce disruptions resulting from wet packs and wet loads is to consider generating such
Seismic I project, which showed ‘how a standardised light steel frame could change the way new schools were designed and constructed’. The system will encompass the production of wall, floor, ceiling, and roof components that are all completely interoperable with the standardised light steel frame. Along with improving the offsite production processes for projects using MMC, Seismic II will also look at the whole life performance of the buildings produced that way.
steam through a Clean Steam Generator system (CSG). By establishing a dedicated clean supply when utilising a CSG system within the sterilisation process, healthcare facilities can better control the quality of their steam supply to the autoclaves.” Compliant with major European and international standards, the Spirax Sarco Clean Steam Generator for Healthcare has been specifically developed for sterilisation applications, ‘delivering repeatable high quality steam in accordance with EN 285 under a wide variety
of operating conditions’. The clean steam is produced by using plant steam as the primary heating medium, which then boils the clean water via a U-tube heat exchanger. Chemical-free feedwater enters the generator via an integrated pressurised deaerator that delivers enhanced performance in the removal of non-condensable gases. The dryness of the clean steam produced exceeds the minimum value of 95% outlined in EN 285. Supplied as an assembled package, and ready to install with all necessary controls and safety devices, the system is controlled and optimised using a PLC control and touchscreen interface.
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