All RAAC articles
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FeaturesSchool buildings crisis: What can the next government do to save our schools and colleges?
Public capital spending on education was less last year than at any time since Labour’s Building Schools for the Future programme got up to speed 17 years ago. As part of Building’s election focus, Joey Gardiner asks what can be done to stop our schools falling further into disrepair
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NewsArchitect wanted to design £740m replacement for problem concrete hospital
Leighton Hospital in Cheshire found to contain reinforced auoclaved aerated concrete in 80% of its buildings
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NewsTemporary classrooms supplied after RAAC crisis cost DfE £35m
Wernick, Portakabin and Algeco named as suppliers picked in September
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CommentReview your contracts for potential RAAC liabilities
Given what happened with cladding, it would be wise to review your RAAC exposure now
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CommentLessons learnt from the RAAC crisis can help us build better schools in future
An in-depth study of postwar school designs has provided some valuable insights for new developments, writes Danny Harris of Stride Treglown
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NewsCollapse that sparked RAAC U-turn caused by bearing failure, says DfE official
Number of schools to identify problem concrete rises to 174
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NewsDfE’s ‘primarily visual’ RAAC surveys may have missed hidden flaws
Department officials resist MP’s attempts to get numbers of unsurveyed schools in testy committee hearing
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NewsNHS to complete new RAAC surveys in ‘matter of weeks’, committee hears
But top boss admits it is having to compete with schools for specialist inspectors
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NewsEducation sees spending boost in wake of RAAC crisis, as infrastructure falls
Spending on sector hit £700m in August, says Barbour ABI
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NewsResearch reveals properly installed and maintained RAAC can perform better than originally intended
Problems centre on reinforcement positioning at the ends of RAAC planks
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FeaturesDoes the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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NewsProportion of RAAC likely to be higher among schools yet to return DfE questionnaires
One in 10 schools have yet to respond to the department’s surveys - meanwhile DfE publishes list of schools with at risk concrete
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NewsRAAC schools had been due for renewal under scrapped Labour plan
Plans to renew 13 schools hit by RAAC crisis were shelved in 2010
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NewsRAAC ‘not widespread in social housing’ says regulator
The social housing in England regulator denies that aerated concrete is likely to be prevalent in social housing
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NewsCLC to set up expert panel to advise on RAAC crisis
Group will be drawn from industry experts and professional bodies across the construction sector
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NewsGovernment expands RAAC surveys of court buildings after Harrow closure
Harrow Crown Court closed for repairs last month despite assurance that sites had been deemed safe
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CommentWe urgently need to invest in our state school buildings. It’s already too late…
The disparity in terms of investment in England’s independent and state school buildings is huge, getting bigger and unacceptable, writes Jerry Tate
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NewsCLC to hold crisis talks on RAAC schools today
Trade bodies to discuss how industry can respond to need for repairs in schools and other public buildings
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NewsThe RAAC schools crisis: what we know so far
More than 100 schools containing cheap concrete told to immediately close after collapse of beam previously thought to be safe
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NewsGovernment tells schools to close all buildings containing problem concrete
Report in June found lightweight reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete could be present in more than 500 schools