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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2023-05-05T12:00:00
Crisis caused by aging lightweight concrete spreads from school and hospital buildings to military estate
The Ministry of Defence is urgently investigating hundreds of buildings in its estate which are feared to be on the verge of collapse.
Officials are identifying military training facilities and barracks built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), a lightweight material widely used in public buildings from the 1960s to the 1980s which has now passed its 30-year lifespan.
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