First concrete, now asbestos: schools could shut for months
Fixing our crumbling roofs threatens to release deadly fibres, compounding the farce for head teachers
Asbestos could be exposed in schools affected by crumbling concrete, experts have warned, meaning that many could shut for months.
There are fears that such is the scale of the problem that some schools may even have to be demolished.
More than 150 schools were told last week — days before they were due to reopen — that they would have to close buildings containing unstable reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
Engineers have warned with increasing urgency that RAAC, which was used by builders between the 1950s and 1980s and is often described as “Aero bar” concrete, can become unstable when it exceeds its 30-year lifespan.
Experts warn that the presence of RAAC also increases the danger of exposure to asbestos, which kills 5,000 people
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2023-09-03 08:30:00Z
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