.DURING THE COURSE OF A EUROPEAN structure boom that started in the 1960s, an unique kind of construction material started to be used. Strengthened autoclaved aerated concrete, referred to as RAAC, is pre-cast in a factory, normally into slabs, just before being required to a construction site where it may be swiftly assembled right into portion of a structure. Although RAAC is actually still utilized in several component of the planet, Britain is actually having certain problems with it.
In some properties the product is crumbling in 2018 it created an institution roof to collapse. A lot of institutions have actually been actually shut as well as various other properties, consisting of hospitals, are actually influenced. This is triggering concern one of the public as well as a political migraine for the authorities.
What is RAAC, as well as why does it end up being dangerous?