Plank Fall News Today

Part in emergency exercises in case of a roof collapse caused by ageing concrete. seven hospitals were built using a low—quality, lightweight concrete, and one of them is now limiting operations on heavier patients in case the floor gives way. our correspondent nikki fox has this exclusive report. steel posts holding up the roof on a childrens ward, on a maternity unit, where mothers lie with new babies. seven hospitals in england, all constructed with a type of lightweight concrete. but it is...

This exclusive report for steel posts holding up the roof on a childrens ward, on a maternity unit, where mothers lie with new babies. seven hospitals in england, all constructed with a type of lightweight concrete. but it is failing and all need to be rebuilt. so we are currently on one of our service corridors. what you can see above you as a latticework of structural timbers. should a plank fall, they will cradle them and support them. the west suffolk hospital was built with concrete rack pl...

Of our service corridors. what you can see above you is a latticework of structural timbers. should a plank fall, they will cradle them and support them. the west suffolk hospital was built with concrete rack planks. they were never meant to last and are 15 years beyond their expected lifespan. the trusts risk assessment is clear — without the safety measures, the threat of planks failing is immediate. but they will take two years to install, so they have commissioned a corporate manslaughter ...