Category Archives: General

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Takes on Virtus to Deliver energy costs and carbon savings

Virtus have recently been appointed by the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital to help them meet their  efficiency savings and carbon emission targets. Virtus Consult have developed a unique options appraisal and procurement model that optimises savings opportunities and delivers guaranteed year on year savings and are currently carrying out the first phase of its 5 stage […]

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Virtus are now UKAS Accredited

Virtus are now UKAS Accredited to the following ISO World recognised Standards. 9001 – Quality Management Systems14001 – Environmental Management Systems18001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems The assessor was extremely impressed with our organisation, what we do and the way we do it.

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Michael’s Charity Bike Ride

A team of 14 lads including graduate/assistant project manager Michael Tarplee cycled 500 miles across 5 countries in 4 days between June 11th and June 15th 2014 the purpose of this bike ride was too raise money for a charity called ChallengeAid who work tirelessly to support disadvantaged children in some of the world’s most […]

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Government to release details of Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme

On June 26th the Government will publish the final details of its new Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme.  It will mandate that, from 2015, every business or nongovernment organisation with over 250 employees must audit all their energy consuming activities.  This exercise must be repeated at least every four years. The audit will require each of […]

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New manufacturing office completed

Due to the requirement to construct a new office within a live operational factory with a highly secure and sensitive environment, our Manufacturing client in Derby asked Virtus to Project and Construction Manage the delivery of the project, overseeing their own project management function.  The office was constructed above and connected to an existing structure […]

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Damage Repair to Manufacturing Facility

Following  an extreme weather event, part of our Client’s manufacturing facility required repair.  Virtus were appointed by our Client to Construction and Project Manage the repair works which were mobilised at short notice and required to be delivered within a reduced timeframe to take advantage of a brief shutdown in manufacturing capability, which required careful […]

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Virtus get the go ahead for Energy Sustainability Project Phase 2 at Heartlands Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

On the strength of Phase one which is now delivering guaranteed annual savings of circa £630k. which equates to 12% of the trust’s annual energy expenditure. The team have now identified a further 6% reduction with payback of just over 5 years. initiatives include further lighting, insulation, VSD’d and Solar P.V and works have commenced […]

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Noise attenuation and Containment Room Control System Modifications Works Completed

Virtus are delighted to report the successful delivery on budget and programme of a  noise attenuation and control system modifications project for our blue Chip Client based in Derby.  The project which had a fast tracked programme to minimise impact on production included heavy lifting within a highly constrained area accessed by pedestrians and critical […]

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