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Uproar as Scottish council meets to approve demolition of 500 RAAC homes
Residents of an estate in Aberdeen are in uproar over their council’s plans to demolish more than 500 RAAC-affected homes
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Government pledges £1.8bn for school repairs ‘on top of RAAC’ expenditure
The government has announced £1.8 billion of funding to fix maintenance and safety issues in schools that do not contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
Run-down schools missing out as rebuild cash goes to fixing RAAC
Schools not affected by problems connected to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) say they are missing out on rebuilding cash
RAAC: 300 face evacuation from council homes built with collapse-risk concrete
Hundreds of people are under threat of evacuation from council houses in Aberdeen following the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
Back to BSF? What now for England’s decaying schools estate
The RAAC crisis has lifted the lid on deteriorating conditions across England’s entire school estate. Anna Highfield asks whether the Tories’ new rescue package goes far enough and what measures a new government might take
Let’s celebrate one of the profession’s best qualities – visionary thinking
The AJ’s February issue – which is published today – showcases architects’ ability to instigate positive social and environmental change
Government says it will remove RAAC from all affected schools
The government will permanently remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from all affected school and college buildings, it announced yesterday (8 February)
RAAC crisis: more than 100 schools likely to need completely rebuilding
More than 100 schools across England built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) will probably need to be completely rebuilt, the government has said
Civil servant who resigned over RAAC inaction warned of ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’
A former senior civil servant who resigned over government inaction on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) warned it could result in a ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’
Concrete crisis: RAAC, Siporex and the architects who loved them
Who were the architects who specified such widespread use of unsafe products such as reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in public buildings? Keith Cooper investigates