INSTITUTE NEWS A co-ordinated international response


Pete Sellars, IHEEM’s CEO, who is also the President of IFHE-EU, and Darryl Pitcher, President of IFHE, (the International Federation of Healthcare Engineering – see also pages 25-27) have developed an online International COVID-19 Hub where –with the support of both organisations’ global membership – knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned on how the international healthcare estates community has addressed coronavirus- related issues can be shared. A dedicated email address (internationalcovid19@iheem.org.uk) has been established where experiences and knowledge can be submitted and shared through a joint fortnightly newsletter that will be published online, and will feature case studies and technical perspectives on some of the key challenges to emerge in the response to the coronavirus. The first newsletter was issued online on 9 April, and featured articles from Norway, Japan, and Italy, as well as links to the NHS Fire Risk


Assessment Guidance published on 6 April. Visit https://www.iheem.org.uk/ write/COVID-19_IHEEM_and_IFHE-IFHE_ EU_Worldwide_Update_Issue_1.htm to see this first newsletter.


Pete Sellars said “There is no doubt that it is vitally important that our international healthcare engineering and estates community can share its knowledge and experience of COVID-19, and provide support on how best to respond to the challenges that the pandemic continues to raise. It is great to see that IHEEM members and volunteers have already demonstrated a great desire to help and


New recruit is proud to promote IHEEM


One of the latest industry professionals to join IHEEM as a new Member is Marcus Spencer CEng, MIET, MCIBSE, MIHEEM, Technical Director for Building Services at One Creative Environments (One), a multidisciplinary design consultancy with headquarters in Worcester, as well as offices in London and Birmingham.


He leads the mechanical and electrical engineering team that works nationally and internationally providing MEP solutions to NHS Trusts, main contractors, and sub-contractors, while working alongside One’s internal architects and engineers and external design teams. The team specifies, consults, and provides expertise in, the healthcare sector, as well as the wider industry. Marcus Spencer’s


experience – spanning over 25 years, ‘from apprentice to Chartered Engineer’, is further strengthened by his recent membership of IHEEM, and, he says, his joining of the Institute underlines his competence, experience, and ability to provide MEP services in acute, primary and mental healthcare facilities. Recent projects include:


n Infrastructure works to install an additional 2 MVA supply for the Radiology Department at the Royal


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United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.


n Refurbishment of mental health accommodation for Basildon Hospital.


n A new-build primary care facility in Hereford.


n CSSD plantroom installation for Sandwell Hospital.


n Key worker accommodation for Yeovil Hospital.


n Modular electrical infrastructure works for the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on the Falkland Islands.


One’s MEP team was also recognised in the 2019 Healthcare Estates awards, where it won the


Sustainable Achievement Award for its design solution for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council at the Tanworth Court dementia and extra care facility.


Marcus Spencer said: “I have been incredibly lucky to be involved in a varied and diverse range of work within the healthcare sector,


which has provided me with a rewarding and challenging portfolio of work to base my experience on. Joining IHEEM adds to professional recognition, and I will be proud to promote the work of the Institute, and to encourage fellow engineers to become members.”


support both the NHS and the international community at this critical time, and we are keen to build on this as healthcare systems respond to the challenges COVID-19 is raising across the globe.”


Darryl Pitcher agreed: “It is our aim to provide wide-reaching support to the thousands of professionals who are working tirelessly in many countries to keep medical staff, patients, and themselves safe in these unprecedented times. First and foremost, we hope that everyone stays safe and well, and that you are able to engage with the support on offer in any way that you are able.”


Panel’s sought- after expertise


In response to the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation, IHEEM has established a COVID-19 Technical Panel. Led by CEO, Pete Sellars, with support and co-ordination from Technical Platform Committee Chair, Bill Millar, it is drawing on expertise from across the Institute’s broad range of Technical Platform disciplines as follows: n Brian Kirk – Decontamination. n Andrew Poplett –Ventilation. n Mark Richards – Electrical. n Ian Stanton – Medical gases. n Geoff Dillow – Medical gases. n Mervyn Phipps – Water. n Paul Mercer – Spatial Planning & Design. Since the Panel’s inception, it has already responded to a number of requests for technical input from the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), and other engineering bodies, such as the Royal Academy of Engineering, covering a wide range of engineering challenges that are being tackled in the light of COVID-19. It is also providing engineering support to the WHO through its international links to IFHE and IFHE-EU, and this is being co-ordinated by Andy Wavell and David Whiteley. The Panel is also well placed to provide engineering support and resilience to the national policy and guidance functions, and an offer of support has been made to the Estates and Facilities team at NHS E&I.


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