Articles

Health Estate Journal: Oct 2022

Dr Louise Webb, Project director, and David Butler, Authorising Engineer – Fire Safety, of DRLC, discuss the changes in fire safety brought about since the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, and some of the key legislation, standards, and guidance, in this key area for healthcare estates management teams to take note of.

Health Estate Journal: Mar 2022

David Livingstone, a Chartered Engineer, and the managing director of DRLC, Consulting Engineers, discusses some of the key considerations for healthcare engineers to ensure that the performance of air-handling units in hospitals located in coastal areas is not compromised by corrosion created by the increased concentration of salt in the local atmosphere.

Health Estate Journal: Feb 2022

David Livingstone, MD & Authorising Engineer – Ventilation at DRLC and Dr Louise Webb, Project director at DRLC, consider the key steps for keeping airhandling and other vital ventilation plant in healthcare facilities running both reliably, and – with the drive towards Net Zero – as efficiently and sustainably as possible.