RAAC
- Thread starter Roy Bloom
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Funnily enough...
"In the DfE’s 2021 survey of the schools estate, 43% of the school buildings in use today were built between 1951 and 1990. The maintenance and replacement of these older buildings accounts for more than half (58%) of the bill facing the government, with almost a quarter from blocks built in the 1960s.
By contrast, school buildings erected before the second world war account for 16% of buildings but 13% of the cost of repairs and replacement"
Not praise, but she sees herself as doing something about the issue, quite immune to the fact that waiting until something collapsed is hardly pat on the back stuff. I do think she genuinely thought she should be praised, and there was an element of its not my fault I've only just been made education secretary.
Blup
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Surprising that she has not grasped that she is part of a government that has presided over this issue that has been neglected for so many years that it has progressed from "something to keep an eye on" to "something to repair before it gets worse" to "something that needs to be addressed now, but we'll save money by only doing a fraction of it" to "something that is a major risk to life and will hurt us in an election if there is a collapse, worse still if there are fatalities, so it is a crisis of our own making."
And should the nasty party (with or without the help of the traitorous literal dingbats who have a history on reneging on education promises) get back into power, then any pledges will be put on the back bunsen burner yet again!
Building work was scrapped at 17 schools with RAAC
Seventeen schools which have had crumbly concrete confirmed had building work cancelled in 2010.
www.bbc.co.uk
The government will regret turning this into a crisis, many hospitals and other public buildings, have raac elements.
Blup
No they won't...
They'll see it as a 'business opportunity'!
Just like the education secretary saying she was doing a 'f*cking good job', whilst her husband's firm got a lucrative contract as part of the school rebuilding/IT program
I was contrasting with Scotland, where they have dealt with same problems in a different way. Keegan overreacted without discussing the implications with the relevant departments, the “crisis “ could have been handled better. Not the first time a minister gives the media what they want and is stung by their lack of gratitude. There will be a part 2 to this when the crumbling hospital buildings are exposed. It was never like this with brexhit. Stammer must be beside himselfNo they won't...
They'll see it as a 'business opportunity'!
Just like the education secretary saying she was doing a 'f*cking good job', whilst her husband's firm got a lucrative contract as part of the school rebuilding/IT program
Blup
"The UK government ignored advice to identify buildings that contain the potentially dangerous lightweight concrete that has now been found in more than 100 schools.
An independent advisory group recommended in 2020 that buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) be included on a high-risk register created by the government’s Building Safety Act.
This advice was not followed and the government’s classification of “higher risk buildings” only includes structures more than seven stories high that contain two residential units, according to the Act.
If the advice from the group, backed by the Institute of Structural Engineers, had been listened to, there would have been a legal requirement for all buildings containing Raac to be added to a public registry by October 1 of this year. Owners would then be legally obliged to report any structural safety issues as well as put in place measures to prevent building safety risks.Government departments are now scrambling to work out how prevalent the lightweight concrete is across the public and private sector amid reports of its presence in schools, hospitals, prisons and office blocks."
FT.com
An independent advisory group recommended in 2020 that buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) be included on a high-risk register created by the government’s Building Safety Act.
This advice was not followed and the government’s classification of “higher risk buildings” only includes structures more than seven stories high that contain two residential units, according to the Act.
If the advice from the group, backed by the Institute of Structural Engineers, had been listened to, there would have been a legal requirement for all buildings containing Raac to be added to a public registry by October 1 of this year. Owners would then be legally obliged to report any structural safety issues as well as put in place measures to prevent building safety risks.Government departments are now scrambling to work out how prevalent the lightweight concrete is across the public and private sector amid reports of its presence in schools, hospitals, prisons and office blocks."
FT.com
Several of us are familiar with people in charge ignoring informed advice and putting off action until it is too late.
Did you think the problem is about the technical properties of concrete?
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