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Government orders all departments to investigate lightweight concrete risks

By 2023-06-16T10:41:00

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Surveys into decaying RAAC expanded to cover government’s entire £158bn estate

The government has ordered a massive expansion of its investigations into the use of an unsafe form of lightweight concrete in public buildings which is putting them at risk of collapse.

All government departments have been ordered to identify buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), which was widely used up until the 1980s but has now passed its 30-year lifespan.

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