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Uproar as Scottish council meets to approve demolition of 500 RAAC homes
Residents of an estate in Aberdeen are in uproar over their council’s plans to demolish more than 500 RAAC-affected homes
Tag: Concrete
Zero-emission cement ‘miracle’ hailed by researchers and architects
Cambridge researchers have found a way of recycling cement to produce ultra-low-emission concrete while also cutting the carbon footprint of steel-making
AJ Climate Champions podcast: ‘Over-specification of concrete is an industry addiction’
Structural engineer Eva MacNamara of Expedition Engineering explains how we can radically reduce our use of concrete and the biodiversity impacts of construction materials
Government says it will remove RAAC from all affected schools
The government will permanently remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from all affected school and college buildings, it announced yesterday (8 February)
RAAC crisis: more than 100 schools likely to need completely rebuilding
More than 100 schools across England built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) will probably need to be completely rebuilt, the government has said
Think GGBS will fix concrete’s carbon problem? Think again
Concrete’s environmental credentials are pretty terrible but there are far more effective ways of reducing a building’s embodied carbon emissions than using ground granulated blast-furnace slag, argues Anna Beckett
PRIMA International 2024
An international student contest is being held for a series of three landmark new architectural installations at the Carrières du Boulonnais quarry in northern France [Deadline: 15 March 2024]
Civil servant who resigned over RAAC inaction warned of ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’
A former senior civil servant who resigned over government inaction on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) warned it could result in a ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’
‘Over 90% of concrete used in construction could be replaced with timber’
Timber Development UK, working with Waugh Thistleton Architects, has released Timber Typologies, a free downloadable ‘beginner’s guide’ for various timber solutions. Fran Williams speaks to Waugh Thistleton associate Alastair Ogle to find out what it’s all about
Schools need extra £2.2bn a year to avoid ‘serious risks of building failure’
An extra £2.2 billion of funding per year is needed to avoid ‘the most serious risks of building failure’ in schools across England, according to the National Audit Office (NAO)