Yearly Archives: 2018

Career opportunity at Virtus Consult

We are an award-winning construction consultancy, specialising in Project Management, Quantity Surveying and Energy Consultancy. All of which means we have a very busy office and need additional support to ensure we maintain our renowned customer service levels. We’re looking for an Office Administrator to work 25-30 hours, spread over a 5-day week, Monday to […]

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Energy efficiency and facilities managers

Our own Jan Ponsford, the go to man for all things energy efficiency related, recently advised the readers of This Week in FM about the potential savings on offer for a combining simple energy efficiency savings into one large project with a sound business case. This Week in FM is regarded by many as the biggest […]

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Virtus Consult secures NHS SBS Framework place

Leading multi-disciplinary real estate consultancy Virtus Consult has been appointed to the NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) Framework, after its application to participate in the proposed Framework Agreement was accepted. Having submitted its proposal in January 2018, Virtus Consult can reach a greater number of public-sector organisations, looking to procure Construction Consultancy Services in the […]

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Crown Commercial Service framework contract win

News of our appointment by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAngliaFT) to project manage the design and costing exercise for a new Data Centre at Hinchingbrooke Hospital made the headlines recently. The main datacentre at Hinchingbrooke Hospital (HH) lacks the capacity to meet the future needs of the Trust and expansion is necessary to […]

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Virtus Consult secures contract through Crown Commercial Service framework

Leading multi-disciplinary real estate consultancy Virtus Consult, has been appointed by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAngliaFT) to project manage the design and costing exercise for a new Data Centre at Hinchingbrooke Hospital. It has been identified that the main datacentre at Hinchingbrooke Hospital (HH) lacks the capacity to meet the future needs of […]

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Virtus Consult assesses solar energy project

Leading construction and management consultancy Virtus Consult, has been engaged by Meggitt PLC to undertake a feasibility study for including a photo-voltaic (PV) array as part of its new £130M ‘super-site’ in Coventry. Meggitt is a global engineering group specialising in extreme environment components and smart sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and energy markets. It […]

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Virtus Consult to manage housing project in Banbury

Leading multi-disciplinary real estate consultancy Virtus Consult has been appointed to manage the £8.9M conversion of a redundant Banbury office block into a mix of 3, 2 and 1-bedroom apartments for new owners Cherwell District Council (CDC), which purchased the site from Brickmort Developments. The Crown House development will be undertaken in phases, with phase […]

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Virtus Consult achieves Investors in People standard

Leading multi-disciplinary real estate consultancy Virtus Consult has achieved the prestigious Investors in People accreditation, demonstrating the support given to its people in building a good and engaging place to work. Virtus Consult joins more than 10,000 organisations that have achieved the standard, which since 1991 has become the sign of a great employer that […]

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Carillion’s collapse – what can the industry learn?

It is now more than a week since the shock collapse of construction giant Carillion, mired in £1.5bn debt. Everyone and their dog has had their say, laying blame almost everywhere, including at the feet of capitalism. But now the dust is settling, it is important our sector studies the events leading to the firm’s […]

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Media takes an interest in our Banbury project

News of our appointment by Cherwell District Council (CDC) to manage the £8.9M development of the redundant Crown House in Banbury has spread, with coverage in Local Authority Building & Maintenance media. The conversion of the old office block into a mix of 3, 2 and 1-bedroom apartments will be undertaken in several phases. The second […]

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