As Authorising Engineers, DRLC play a vital role in supporting fire safety and compliance efforts within healthcare premises. Having been awarded a slot in a new building safety and fire compliance framework for the NHS – the NHS SBS Framework Agreement – means we are now officially approved to provide a wide range of critical services such as fire safety, ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act.

What is the NHS SBS Framework and why is it important?

Ensuring NHS buildings are safe, compliant and fucntional has never been more essential. The healthcare sector continues to face significant infrastructre challenges and with the infrastructure backlog reaching an estimated £13.8 billion, it is of utmost priority to address critical repairs to ensure safety of both staff and patients. Recently, NHS Shared Business Service (NHS SBS) launched a comprehensive Building and Fire Safety Compliance Framework Agreement, aimed at tackling these challenges and improving safety standards across NHS buildings and the wider public sector.

For companies like DRLC, the framework offers an invaluable opportunity to collaborate with public sector organisations and provide the Authorising Engineer services required to meet fire safety regulations and other essential compliance requirements.

Brendan Griggin-Ryan, NHS SBS senior category manager, said: “The increased emphasis on fire safety brought about by the dreadful Grenfell Tower disaster has shown that some NHS buildings fail to meet modern safety standards and underscores why fire safety compliance and protocols are paramount.

Read more about the framework agreement here.

DRLC Ltd are launching a service to provide new and existing clients with an Authorising Engineer for Water Safety. We pride ourselves on our Professionalism and our AE – Water Safety is IHEEM Registered and extremely experienced in this field.

Please contact: sales@drlc.uk if you want to find out more.

DRLC are passionate about Cyber Security.

We recently engaged leading Cyber Security testing and training company Samurai Security to run a training course for our Staff and Associates

It was an excellent live on-line training course reminding us of the basics to online security and bringing our attention to recent ways online criminals try to trick you into parting with your hard earned cash

Many thanks to Luke Hill for his excellent presentation – would recommend this course to everyone who cares about their client’s data – see https://samuraisecurity.co.uk/

And also good luck to Neil Richardson who co-founded Samurai with Dr David Day and has now set off on his own journey to support others in the field of Cyber Security

What a great day we had attending the Healthcare Estates 2022 – 4th and 5th October – Manchester Central!
So good to see so many faces, and some great stalls by all the vendors there.
See you next year!

❗ Meet our Managing Director and Chartered Engineer David Livingstone ❗

⚠️David is a time served Engineer having served an indentured apprenticeship as a Marine Engineer and qualified Class II Marine Engineer. He has a sound theoretical knowledge of the safe operation of all mechanical, electrical and plumbing Building Services plant and infrastructure.

⚠️He is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council, Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering & Estate Management, (IHEEM) and member of the Chartered Institute of Buiding Services Enngineers (CIBSE) and member of the British Computer Society (BCS).

⚠️David has over thirty years working in the public sector, in Operational and Capital New Works as Technical Client Representative / informed client, developing diverse Capital Mechanical and Electrical Requirements, incorporating maintenance and operational needs into capital projects.

⚠️In his last two roles in the public sector he has led Estates and Facilities departments.

⚠️David has worked in four highly regulated industries:
Shipping; Oil Industry; Healthcare; Police

⚠️He has considerable experience developing and delivering Capital Works projects and holds enhanced DBS Clearance and has previously been been Security Cleared to Developed Vetting (DV) which is the most detailed and comprehensive form of security clearance in UK government.

⚠️He has been responsible for overseeing the correct operation of ventilation systems and design of Ultra Clean systems, Aseptic Suites Critical Plant and LEV systems.

⚠️David has contract experience with various forms of contract including the JCT suite and NEC forms of contract.

⚠️David has been appointed in numerous Authorised Person roles for MGPS, High Voltage and has been the Senior Responsible Person for over 25 years for all M and E services in complex public sector environments.

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Happy summer holidays folks! ☀️☀️

Stay cool in the heat of the summer! 😎😎😎

If only someone had got their Indoor Air Quality sorted out……