The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has published a ‘playbook’ for managing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Steve Nesbitt picks out the need-to-knows.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre has published an “industry-first” playbook on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) on how to deal with the material.

Paul Ryan MCIOB, regional technical manager for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), has been presented with a special commendation at the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Chief Scientific Advisor Awards.

Aberdeen City Council has approved to demolish over 500 council homes with RAAC “on safety grounds”.

Guidance on managing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in listed buildings has been published.

The agency tasked with surveying 45,000 bridges in France in just 18 months turned to Esri’s ArcGIS platform to facilitate its work.

Aberdeen City Council will permanently rehome hundreds of council tenants after engineers found RAAC in their properties.

The government has granted funding to the Manufacturing Technology Centre to develop a rulebook for dealing with RAAC. Will Mann finds out what guidance it will offer from Steve Nesbitt, the centre’s built environment chief technologist.

Pick Everard and contractor Lindum Group have installed a provisional structure underneath a reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) roof in a Peterborough theatre to allow it to hold its seasonal productions.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre has secured £3m in government funding towards research into RAAC, including developing a ‘rulebook’ on how to deal with the material.

A report by MPs has criticised the Department for Education (DfE) after “unacceptable numbers of pupils” are attending classes in “poorly maintained or potentially unsafe buildings”.

Technologies like robotics, AI, 3D printing and VR are struggling for traction among the construction industry worldwide, according to research from PlanRadar.

A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community.

Costs associated with putting right hospital buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) are set to skyrocket.

The Department for Education has released data this morning showing that 41 new schools have RAAC.

CIOB members at Loughborough University have been working on an artificial intelligence tool to help solve problems associated with reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC).

A report submitted to CROSS UK has highlighted the risks of people without the necessary skills performing RAAC assessments.

The Department for Education has published new data this morning (19 September) showing that the number of schools with confirmed RAAC has increased to 174. The previous figure was 147.