Virtus Consult took part in the Building My Skills programme which is run by ESH Construction in the NE and Yorkshire. The 2015/16 Building My Skills programme will engaged 74 education establishments across 28 local authority areas, work in partnership with 100 business partners delivering 444 sessions to over 11,000 students and 58,300 student hours […]
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Yearly Archives: 2015
We held the launch party for our Leeds office on the 1st October at the Lamb and Flag in Leeds. The event was well attended with over a 100 friends, colleagues and clients joining us for drinks and food in Leeds. Andrew Ogilvie, Director said “this is an exciting next step in the progression and […]
Read MoreJan Ponsford Director of Virtus and Mike Taylor of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust gave a talk at the IHEEM Conference on Wednesday 22nd on Healthcare Efficiency Through Innovation at Heartlands Hospital Mike Taylor provided the Client Perspective of working in partnership with Virtus on innovative projects such as : Energy Sustainability Project – […]
Read MoreHaving recently graduated from the University of Ulster, James Carson has joined Virtus Consult as an Energy Performance Programme Analyst. The post is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Oxford Brookes University and Virtus. James will be leading a 2 year project to refine and promote a holistic methodology for enhancing energy performance in existing […]
Read MoreThe ESOS scheme was borne out of Article 8 of the EU’s 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive and, enshrined in UK law, is now a mandatory scheme for qualifying organisations. Enforced by the Environment Agency and its equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, there are numerous potential penalties applicable to organisations which either fail to submit […]
Read MoreVirtus are excited to welcome Vlad Nicolescu to their Energy team! Vlad is a second year student on the Energy Engineering with Year in Industry programme at University of East Anglia. Vlad was looking for the opportunity to gain work experience in the energy industry, to support his degree. He was excited to find that […]
Read MoreVirtus Consult are pleased to have secured membership of Constructionline; the register of pre-qualified contractors and consultant suppliers for the construction industry. Constructionline is the UK’s largest pre-qualification database; over 2,000 buying organisations across public and private sectors use Constructionline to select quality suppliers. Our membership means that we are now ‘fit-to-supply’. By getting pre-qualified […]
Read MoreVirtus are delighted to welcome Senior Cost Manager Helen Reilly to the team! Helen started her career at Francis Graves, which was a fantastic grounding for a career in the construction industry. She quickly progressed to fully-qualified QS status and after 8 years working on a number of different projects in different sectors, she joined […]
Read MoreWe were very excited to have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2015 Building awards Construction Consultants / Surveyor of the Year fewer than 100 Staff, amongst stiff competition and amidst a rapidly expanding economy! We had a great night on 22nd April 2015, inspiring people, great projects and fantastic entertainment! The judges were impressed […]
Read MoreAlmost 2,000 renewable energy projects, with construction contracts worth £5.2bn, were awarded in the UK last year, reports construction data provider Barbour ABI. More than £1.7bn was committed to solar power projects – a record amount. Renewable energy planning applications increased by 26% in 2014 compared with the year before, continuing the trend of year-on-year […]
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