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• Posted 1st November 2013

Virtus are pleased to welcome Associate Director; Jason Learoyd to our team.   Jason brings to Virtus a considerable experience of delivering multi million pound construction projects across all sectors of the industry.  Jason will also strengthen Virtus’ capabilities in Bid Management having worked extensively in this field.  Jason will be joining our team based in Derby delivering our £45m […]

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• Posted 20th October 2013

Aggregate Industries place an increasing emphasis on sustainable development of their land holdings and have a number of housing and commercial schemes in various stages of development from planning through to construction and sale. Virtus were recently recommended to the Development team at Aggregate Industries as the best people to provide cost and development consultancy […]

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• Posted 15th October 2013

The Virtus team has added PRINCE II Practitioner capability to its a wealth of expertise covering Project Management, Construction Management, Health and Safety, and CDM Co-ordination across onshore and offshore Oil and Gas, Energy, Petrochemical, Nuclear, Rail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail, Residential, and Government Projects.  Many of our team have worked extensively within PRINCE II environments, but now have […]

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• Posted 3rd October 2013

Virtus are pleased to announce that an additional member has strengthened our resources delivering the business improvement programme for our major blue chip Client in Derby.  The challenging environmental constraints of delivering a number of construction and improvement projects within a live operational factory without impacting business productivity has called for additional resources to ensure effective co-ordination, quality […]

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• Posted 24th September 2013

Virtus were recently appointed to provide Construction Management and Health and Safety expertise on a new production line for the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Virtus are working with MUSK; one of Nestle’s Trusted Suppliers to provide the Principal Contractor role on this fast moving and complex project within a live 24 hour […]

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• Posted 19th September 2013

According to the government’s latest announcement, the updates to Part L that were originally planned for October 2013 will now come into force on 6th April 2014.  There is still only limited information on the changes. The information that is available is summarised in brief below: New build homes will have to be an average […]

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• Posted 19th September 2013

On the back of recent success and a strong relationship with the NHS both on Energy Reduction and Capital Projects, Virtus have increased their client programme office support at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham for Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. One of our Senior Project Managers has joined the Programme office team at Heartlands Hospital […]

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• Posted 19th September 2013

Proposals for new energy saving assessments for larger firms in the UK have been published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).  These assessments, required by the new Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), will enable companies to identify opportunities to save money on energy bills through improved energy efficiency and could benefit the […]

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• Posted 19th September 2013

The government is set to weaken its penalty regime for those companies which fail to comply with the EU carbon emissions trading system (EU:ETS).  This follows the reduction in sanctions for non-compliance introduced last January, which lowered the Environment Agency’s enforcement powers from criminal sanctions to purely civil remedies. Currently, undisclosed errors that are voluntarily […]

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• Posted 31st August 2013

As a university graduate, Michael Tarplee was seeking an opportunity to take his first step into a career in the construction industry and was eager to prove his worth. Michael had undertaken as part of his construction management degree a placement year within the industry to gain experience on a construction site and learn first-hand […]