Failure of RAAC planks in schools
Language: English Publication details: CROSS-UK April 2020Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Having read the Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) May 2019 Alert on Failure of RAAC Planks, a structural engineer contacted CROSS to share their experience of working on projects with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks. In 2017, they were asked to investigate an RAAC roof which had collapsed in a school. Luckily, there was no one in the classroom at the time of the collapse. This report summarises the learning outcomes.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | |
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Having read the Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) May 2019 Alert on Failure of RAAC Planks, a structural engineer contacted CROSS to share their experience of working on projects with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks. In 2017, they were asked to investigate an RAAC roof which had collapsed in a school. Luckily, there was no one in the classroom at the time of the collapse. This report summarises the learning outcomes.