Technical and Advisory Platforms


IHEEM Technical and Advisory Platforms


TECHNICAL PLATFORMS IHEEM has developed a system of Technical Platforms which: l act as a focus group on technology matters. l create IHEEM policies on technology issues. l advise the Institute’s Council. l guide members on significant issues arising. l manage technical responses and activities. l assist IHEEM’s Professional Development Committee to develop content for seminars.


Each Platform comprises of a network of experts, including a leading practitioner and at least two contributors knowledgeable in the field. Disciplines covered in the Technical Platforms are: l Decontamination. l Fire Safety.


l Medical Devices. l Medical Gas Pipeline Systems. l Water.


The Technical Platforms provide information and guidance for members and advise on matters of special interest as they arise. They promote and support technical papers,


which are printed in HEJ. They will provide feedback in their specialist


discipline to current and future technical standards and guidance programmes, nationally and internationally. The Technical Platforms are governed by the


Technology Platform Committee. The Committee consists of all the Chairs of


our Technical Platforms and Authorising Engineer Registration Boards, and is chaired by a member of Council. The Committee provides guidance and action plans to the Technical Platforms. Each Platform


communicates electronically to share ideas, comment on articles, and contribute information. Telephone conference calling and the


internet are the main meeting places for the Platforms. We hope that the Technical Platforms will


give healthcare engineers an opportunity to receive guidance on topics that they feel are important, as well as setting up a network through which expertise can be gathered. This will provide the Institute with an invaluable source of knowledge, and an expert voice, when specialist matters arise. They are also an excellent educational benefit


l Electrical. l Mechanical. l Ventilation.


for all IHEEM Members, who receive information from the Technical Platforms through HEJ, technical papers, and through seminars.


ADVISORY PLATFORMS IHEEM’s Advisory Platforms comprise of a range of experts across a specialist healthcare topic which, while not technical, has an impact on the delivery of the healthcare estates built environment. They exist to support IHEEM members and delivery of the IHEEM Business Plan and Annual Business Priorities. Their overarching role is to encourage collaboration and innovative thinking and to support and promote improvement in their given area. IHEEM have repositioned two of its existing


Technical Platforms to Advisory Platforms: l Strategic Estate Management l Environmental Sustainability Their Governance is through the Technical Platform Committee.


For further information on the Platforms and how they are governed, see page 14/15 of this handbook.


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