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‘Topping out’ for £65 m Pears Maudsley Centre in Denmark Hill
The building of a centre that will provide ‘world-class research and better mental health services for children and young people in London and beyond’ has reached a significant milestone, A ‘topping out’ attended by young people who helped design the building, local people, and dignitaries, marked the completion of the frame of the £65 m Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People in Denmark Hill, due to open next year. Partly financed by a fundraising campaign, the Centre is being built by Integrated Health Projects, and is the result of a ‘bench to bedside’ partnership between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London, and the Maudsley Charity. It aims to ‘transform’ child and adolescent mental healthcare through ‘a unique collaboration between world-leading academics and clinicians, which will significantly speed up the time taken to bring research breakthroughs into clinical treatment’. The topping out included pouring of concrete to complete the eight- storey building’s roof, and the placement of an evergreen bough – a tradition dating back to Roman times, when tree boughs were used to protect buildings from evil spirits and bring in blessings from the tree spirits. Accommodating clinicians and academics
from the Trust, King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School, and young inpatients, the Centre will treat young people with conditions including eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder, anxiety, ADHD, autism, and trauma. President & Principal of King’s College
London, Professor Shitij Kapur, said: “There is no other Centre like this in the world. Bringing together King’s College London’s world-class researchers in mental health with clinical expertise will enable us to find solutions together, and change the landscape for children’s mental health. This will benefit our communities locally and nationally, and lead to sharing of best practice worldwide.” Pictured at the topping-out are
Professor Shitij Kapur; David Bradley, Chief
Anti-scalding, water-saving shower mixer launched
Among a raft of new bathroom and sanitaryware products recently introduced by sanitaryware and bathroom product manufacturer, Delabie, was the company’s H9768TP Securitherm thermostatic shower mixer. Delabie says the dual control shower
mixer’s ‘unique design’ makes cross-flow between the hot water and the cold water impossible, ‘considerably reducing the risk of bacterial proliferation’. It said: “As with all our Securitherm thermostatic mixers, this new unit ensures total anti- scalding safety. The thermostatic cartridge ensures temperature stability whatever the variations in the pressure and flow.” The H9768TP mixer incorporates a double temperature limiter; the first is set at 41 °C, and can be overridden, while the second is pre-set at 43 °C, ‘so the user has no risk of scalding themselves’. Delabie explained: “The thermostatic technology provides an automatic failsafe. If the cold water supply fails unexpectedly, the hot water shuts off immediately and completely. Similarly, if the hot water supply fails, the cold water does the same.” Securitouch technology is said to
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the shower body.
Undertaking thermal shock at the temperature of the hot water in the system is simply a matter of unscrewing the temperature control cap using an Allen key, and turning the valve spindle completely clockwise to override the temperature setting. Another feature of the new shower
mixer – Delabie pointed out on its launch in April – is a patented thermostatic mixing valve where cold and hot water shut off at the inlets, rendering non-return valves unnecessary. Delabie said: “No specific maintenance is required, and the risk of cross-flow is removed. The mixer has been designed to reduce, to a minimum, the volume of standing water.” Water saving was also a key
consideration, with a flow rate of just 9 litres / min.
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Executive, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Rebecca Gray, Chief Executive of Maudsley Charity, and Hector McAlpine, Executive Partner at Sir Robert McAlpine.
More power and greater connectivity
GEZE say it has ‘completely upgraded’ the control panels – the ‘brain and power supply’ – for its smoke and heat extraction systems. The new THZ N4 (pictured) and THZ
Comfort replace the previous versions, and offer ‘a more powerful power supply, increased connectivity, and easier installation’. In addition to extracting smoke from staircases, the THZ N4 and THZ Comfort can also be used for smaller smoke and heat extraction systems such as for a foyer, and are suitable for use in both new buildings and for retrofitting. Both versions have received a
hardware and capability upgrade; the more powerful power supply enables an increased output of 4.5 A from the 3.4 A in previous models, broadening the panel’s specification possibilities. The motor line connection has been upgraded to a spring level motor terminal, to allow easier installation. Both can now be interfaced with the GEZE ST 220 service terminal for rapid commissioning. Both control panels have a compact
and attractive design; the THZ N4 has a plastic housing in white, and the THZ Comfort a robust orange metal housing. Andy Iredale, GEZE’s national Sales manager for Automatic Doors and Window Control, said: “These new control units offer even more options for smoke and heat extraction, as more drives can be connected due to the more powerful power supply.”
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