Posted on 09/03/2023 2:43:35 AM PDT by RandFan
A wide range of public buildings have been constructed using a cheap version of concrete that could now be at risk of collapse, experts say.
The discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, or RAAC, has forced the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools in England.
Many hospitals, courts and public buildings were built with the material.
Prof Chris Goodier, of Loughborough University, said the "scale of problem is much bigger than schools".
"It also covers much of the building stock in the country," he said. "This also includes health, defence, justice, local government, national government, and also a lot of the private sector."
Schools minister Nick Gibb on Friday said that the government was rebuilding seven hospitals due to large use of RAAC and would be surveying buildings across the public sectors.
Last week Harrow Crown Court in north-west London was closed indefinitely after the material was found. Five other court buildings are affected, according to government sources.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
The scale is vast say experts...
We discussed it here:
Public buildings are literally CRUMBLING in the UK in new crisis
This is quite incredible. The Treasury Sec. says he will spend what it takes to fix the problem (yeah, right).
Freeper Jonty30 points out this is what happens when a country goes socialist (corners cut). I think he's right.
Ping
There is an abandoned factory along Interstate 75 in Adel, Ga., that made aerated concrete.
But are they using the correct pronouns?
And issuing citations for emissions violations?
What about the number of gay pride parades?
And other Woke agendas....?
Why is anyone taking the UK government’s word for this?
Nobody is asking for an independent body to verify any of this?
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete - Properties, Testing and Design
Now I'm really smelling a rat.
Note to UK taxpayers: Trust but verify.
Concrete has been used at least since ancient Rome and much of theirs is still hanging together. It’s a little hard to believe that an inferior, non-durable type was produced and used on a wide scale during the 20th century.
They didn’t use this form of concrete universally. Most often used as wall panels.
It was known from the get go to have a 30 year lifespan so if they used it in a structural capacity, there’d be a liability for whoever approved that.
This is interesting, from a couple of days ago...
That primary school roof collapsed in 2018 and the UK’s Deep State is just getting around to have kittens about this stuff now...?
More....
I really smelling a rat on the timing of all this.
Are UK public employees who are refusing to stop working from home and/or teachers being bribed with new buildings?
Didn’t China use the same type of concrete in all those empty city buildings, now crumbling?
And I’ve got another question...
UK public buildings at risk...?
What about private sector buildings built using this stuff...?
Hmmmm...
Nope- they just hand over their hard earned $$ and convince themse,ves they have done their good deed for the day
Well, looking at coverage from the UK, I’m really smelling a rat.
Note to the UK: You lot are in the same boat we are. You have the same Deep State. The same voting machines.
What you don’t have is a Trump.
And you need one.
NOW.
Cheap concrete has a limited lifespan - who would have guessed!
Adding inflamable cladding as insulation* on high-rise buildings was a fire risk - who would have guessed!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire
(* to save the world from globull warming)
Yeah it kinda sounds like the mafia... er union bosses... err construction companies there might have sealed a very lucrative cement contract with the gov there.
Yep, as Trump said “Everything the left touches turns to %&÷>÷”
The stuff clearly has a lifespan.
What particularly interests me, especially in light of what happened in Kent in 2018, is the UK’s Deep State going spare about this now.
And surely private sector buildings are a threat to the public just as much as the public sector building are, but no mention if those.
Go figure.
From Wiki......
RAAC has been shown to have limited structural reinforcement bar (rebar) integrity in 40 to 50 year-old RAAC roof panels, which began to be observed in the 1990s.[4][8][9][10][11] The material is liable to fail without visible deterioration or warning.[4][11]
Professional engineering concern was raised in 1995 about the structural performance of RAAC following inspections of cracked units in school roofs.[12] Structural deficiencies and signs of corrosion were observed in 1996.[13] It was then recommended that owners of buildings, including schools, arrange for RAAC roofs to be inspected.[5] Concern regarding the material was subsequently raised in July 2018, following a roof collapse at Singlewell primary school in Gravesend, Kent.[14][15] In 2022, the UK Government Property Agency stated that “RAAC is now life-expired and liable to collapse”.[4][16] In 2023, the UK government raised concerns about the structural integrity of buildings containing RAAC, and ordered remedial action to be taken.[17] In May 2023, a rebuild of Airedale General Hospital in West Yorkshire was approved,[18] as 83 per cent of the hospital was constructed of RAAC, with the ceiling held up by props.[18][19]
In August 2023 more than 100 school buildings in England were ordered to be closed while safety measures were installed[20][21][16] after a beam collapsed at a school.[22] The Health and Safety Executive warned that RAAC could “collapse with little or no notice”.[1] Other public buildings including Harrow Crown Court, which opened in 1991, were also closed indefinitely.[23] The Scottish Government subsequently confirmed that RAAC had been found in 35 of Scotland’s council-run schools.[24]
On 3 September, and while appearing on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the UK government would “spend what it takes” to put right defective concrete in schools.[25]
Good point. Something does seem to stink about the issue.
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