Yearly Archives: 2016

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• Posted 18th July 2016

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust’s IT department are undertaking a large project to upgrade the network LAN/WAN infrastructure across the three main hospital sites, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull along with the outlying satellite sites such as Chest Clinic, Yardley Green etc. The end result is to provide resilience both in terms of network […]

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• Posted 12th July 2016

Virtus Consult have been working with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council to develop their programme and methodology for delivering their refurbished headquarters building in Solihull. The building will be refurbished whilst employees are still in occupation. Virtus developed a plan to allow half the building to remain occupied throughout the work. There were significant challenges with […]

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• Posted 1st July 2016

NHS Sustainability Day is a national day of action across the health sector. Each year NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, hospitals and organisations take action to highlight the important role sustainable development can play in health service delivery. The National Campaign is supported by those key bodies and groups charged with leading sustainable development across […]

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• Posted 27th June 2016

Virtus have been appointed by Bupa to project manage the refurbishment of a 132 bed care home in Chester. This is our first appointment with Bupa after an extensive prequalification and bidding process. Andrew Ogilvie, Director stated “Our first appointment with Bupa is another milestone for the business in its plan to secure long term […]

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• Posted 20th June 2016

We are continuing to work with our long standing client Cornbury Park to provide power to the South Hill Barns Business Park from solar PV. Virtus Consult have been appointed to optimise the PV Scheme to meet maximum demand with the most cost efficient payback, establish a solution that is acceptable to the planners and […]

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• Posted 17th June 2016

Jan Ponsford presented to five groups of Sixth Form Students at the Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Careers Fair on Friday 17th June. The event was well attended by 80 industry specialists who gave an insight and advice in careers in their industry. Jan spoke about his own career and the personal attributes as well […]

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• Posted 9th June 2016

Virtus Consult have been asked to review the potential technical and commercial viability for solar PV in fields at Brize Lodge, including the capital cost of installation and the expected return thereon. The study will aim to identify the outline technical and commercial viability of a number of options for a scheme and to identify […]

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• Posted 3rd June 2016

Supply and Demand: Why We Need a New Energy Trilemma Ian Marchant, former head of SSE and of the Energy Institute, argues that there is a need for a demand side trilemma in addition to the supply conundrum. The biggest energy policy issue facing us is not the so-called energy trilemma but the various perspectives […]