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One document based on assessment conducted at West Suffolk Hospital in April warned of a catastrophic and likely risk of potential failure of the main building.

Dame Meg Hillier, chair of the public accounts committee, said the problems that have forced more than 100 schools to shut classrooms over safety fears are just the tip of the iceberg

More than 100 schools and colleges in England have been told to close buildings made with a type of concrete that is prone to collapse - just days before term restarts next week.

RAAC is a cheap, lightweight, bubbly material that was used in construction between the 1950s and 1990s, when a report found structural deficiencies mean it only has a lifespan of around 30 years. It was mostly used for flat roofs - but also in walls and floors.

Schools minister Nick Gibb (pictured) attempted to calm worries as he said: Parents can be assured that if they havent heard from schools, that it is safe to send their children into school.

Hospitals across the nation could be forced to close buildings because of the same crumbling concrete crisis that has affected schools.

At 5:45am on 16 May 1968, a gas explosion caused by a faulty cooker connection caused a section of the 22 storey Ronan Point tower block in East London to

This is one of the results of an ICE-commissioned members’ survey undertaken to better understand the impact of the fire on the infrastructure sector. The

I hope that many lessons will be learnt from that fire and that it will prove to be a turning point. But what should we as civil engineers learn from

Additionally, more than 90% of civil engineers believe their profession still has lessons to learn from the Grenfell Tower disaster, a survey of ICE