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Why are concrete schools crumbling in the UK — and what can be done?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02834-9?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=0faf2963cf-briefing-dy-20230907&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-0faf2963cf-46206854
"More than 100 schools and public buildings in the United Kingdom are facing closure because of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), a type of concrete used extensively throughout the country and in many others between the 1950s and 1990s.
Life expectancy of an RAAC block is 30 years".
#Builings #RAAC #CatastrophicFailure without warning