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Approval for ‘first-of-a-kind’ wellbeing campus in Belfast
The first phase of plans to transform the King’s Hall heritage site in south Belfast to a Health and Wellbeing Campus has been granted approval by Belfast City Council.
Todd Architects and Consarc Design Group are working with Benmore Octopus Healthcare Developments on ‘the design of an innovative health park masterplan located at the iconic King’s Hall, South Belfast’. The King’s Hall Health and Wellbeing Park is a joint venture between Benmore Group and healthcare and property investor, Octopus Healthcare. Todd Architects said: “The campus will be the first of its kind, setting a new standard for healthcare provision in Northern Ireland. It will provide GP services in new accommodation for the population south of the city.” The ‘vision’ is for an integrated healthcare model as part of a wider ‘lifestyle, leisure, and wellbeing park’. The masterplan encompasses a range of integrated and onsite health, community, and leisure facilities – including a primary care complex,
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managers enhance steam knowledge
alongside ancillary medical facilities, with the ability to accommodate care for over 25,000 patients. The redevelopment will also include elderly residential care facilities – comprising independent living apartments and bespoke homes for the over-55s, a hotel and residents’ gym, and a multi-storey car park.
Todd Architects said: “Architecturally, the former King’s Hall landmark venue will be sensitively refurbished, with the primary design ambition being to preserve the heritage of this iconic, unique, 1930s art deco building. The existing King’s Hall will sit at the heart of the scheme.”
Call for greater asbestos awareness
The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) is urging all public sector employees – including those in NHS hospitals – to be ‘asbestos- aware’ to better manage ‘the ticking time-bomb’ in thousands of public buildings. UKATA warns that a lack of knowledge about the ‘killer building material’ is putting workers and users of these buildings at risk of fatal lung cancers. The Association warns that that properties built or refurbished before 2000 – and especially those built in the UK between the 1950s and 1980s – may contain asbestos, and that, despite having been banned as a building
material in 1999, asbestos causes around 5,000 deaths in the UK annually, ‘giving us one of the highest rates of mesothelioma globally’. Over 90% of NHS Trusts say asbestos exists in their buildings.
Craig Evans, UKATA COO (pictured), explained: “Financially it is not always an option or necessary to remove asbestos from buildings which contain it. However, people need to be aware of the presence of it, and, more importantly, of how to manage it. Asbestos awareness is critical, which is why we advocate all employees within the public sector receiving asbestos awareness training.”
Healthcare sanitaryware specialist celebrates 100 years to Taylor Rustless Fittings, as it switched
This year Pland Stainless will mark 100 years in British manufacturing. Established in 1919 on the Lower Wortley Ring Road site in Leeds where it still operates, Pland says it has ‘some exciting plans for the year suitably mark the occasion’. On its formation the business was the Taylor File & Tool Company, but in 1926 changed its name
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to producing stainless steel butchers’ fittings. In 1936 it became the Stainless Steel Sink Company, reportedly the first UK company to produce stainless steel sinks for the catering/domestic markets. In 1993 it became part of The Spring Ram Corporation, moving its domestic stainless steel sink production to Malta, while in
Arguing that plant managers ‘would benefit from developing a basic understanding of the properties of steam’, Spirax Sarco says that a new guide, The Fundamentals of Steam Quick Start Guide, ‘identifies several core elements to help develop knowledge within key areas’. Authored by Chris Coleman, Boilerhouse national specialist at Spirax Sarco, it ‘aims to offer a helping hand to plant managers to re-acquaint themselves with the fundamentals of steam, and identify areas of improvement’. He said: “The Guide identifies key areas when working with the wet side of the boiler, including how boilers produce steam, the types of boiler used, and the condensate loop. Additionally, it highlights five key tests that plant managers should consider carrying out. By re-acquainting themselves with the fundamentals of steam, plant managers can build the requisite knowledge to identify areas of improvement within plant and thus boost efficiency.”
He added: “It is my hope that this guide will serve as a useful reference tool for plant managers, particularly when it comes to that all-important plant upgrade. We could all benefit from a reminder on the fundamentals of steam from time to time. If the advice in this guide is followed, plant managers will find they can enhance their steam operations in no time.”
the UK, it evolved to become a key commercial supplier.
In 2000 Pland became independent again, and in 2008 the management team acquired the business. The company said: “Throughout the years the business has continued to employ and train skilled engineering personnel to manufacture robust, well-engineered products.”
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