Concrete crisis: Fixing hospitals with Raac 'will cost billions'
Dangerously crumbling concrete is present in more hospitals than had been thought and it will cost billions to fix the problem, MPs were told. Hospitals are h
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Dangerously crumbling concrete is present in more hospitals than had been thought and it will cost billions to fix the problem, MPs were told. Hospitals are h
After the Department for Education (DfE) updated its guidance on mitigating the potential impacts of RAAC last week, at least 156 schools and 34 hospitals
The Department for Education has not released its list of the more than 150 schools that contain the lightweight concrete.
It comes after the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete forced more than 100 schools to fully or partially close buildings.
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.