.DURING THE COURSE OF A EUROPEAN property boom that started in the 1960s, an unfamiliar kind of construction component started to be made use of. Strengthened autoclaved aerated concrete, known as RAAC, is pre-cast in a manufacturing facility, usually right into planks, just before being actually required to a building site where it could be quickly constructed right into component of a structure. Although RAAC is actually still made use of in a lot of parts of the planet, Britain is having particular complications with it.
In some properties the component is actually breaking up in 2018 it led to a school roof covering to crash. A number of colleges have actually been actually shut and other properties, including medical facilities, are actually impacted. This is actually creating issue one of the general public and also a political headache for the government.
What is actually RAAC, as well as why does it become dangerous?