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• Posted 1st May 2015

Virtus 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 […]

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• Posted 29th April 2015

We 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 […]

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• Posted 27th April 2015

Almost 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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• Posted 17th April 2015

The New CDM regulations 2015 took effect on 6th April 2015. By law; compliance means: New projects starting April 6th Onwards – the new regulations apply immediately. Existing projects continuing beyond 6th October 2015 are required to comply with the new Regulations by 6th October 2015. For existing projects and those due to complete before […]

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• Posted 31st March 2015

Virtus Consult were recently commissioned to carry out an Energy Cost and Carbon Reduction survey of the Summerfield School Site in Oxford, We interviewed the client and operational team and then carried out a detailed survey of the estate. We have identified savings of 20% on consumption and 17% on cost through the implementation of […]

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• Posted 25th March 2015

As part of our continuing Programme Management role at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Virtus have been working with the Trust and appointed design team to develop options for a further 480 car parking spaces at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield. The move comes as part of an overall re-masterplanning for Good Hope […]

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• Posted 17th March 2015

We are proud to announce the opening of our new Leeds office this week. The launch of the office and the addition of James Almond to the Virtus team will allow Virtus to strengthen and grow our exciting offering to clients, in terms of clients and locations where we will look to service the needs of our growing client base.

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• Posted 13th March 2015

Project provides a new dedicated Interventional Radiology suite with specialist equipment and purpose built changing facilities, consultation rooms and recovery areas –– Current stage – Option appraisal stage

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• Posted 5th March 2015

Virtus Consult have been shortlisted for Building Awards 2015 – Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff).

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• Posted 27th February 2015

British manufacturers are unaware of and underprepared for the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme assessments scheduled to take place this year, according to research from npower Business Solutions. The findings demonstrate that, although the policy is designed to help large organisations cut their energy use, 49 per cent of manufacturing businesses stated they were unaware of […]