Reply to: Doom: Schools falling down

[SueEllen]

And a few more -

https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/19/raac-...co=mosaic_news

An original list – published just days before the start of the new school year – showed there were 147 schools and colleges with RAAC as of August 30.

It has now increased to a total of 174, the Department for Education has said.

[GJABS]

test

[vetran]

it were cheap, if you suggested that it was sensible to build a significant building with a lifespan of 30 years most people would challenge you.

[SueEllen]

Also at Heathrow and Gatwick -https://www.ft.com/content/f15ddf6b-8b2b-48c6-8f90-eb8b4f601fc9

[sadkingbilly]

[SueEllen]

Unis falling down too.

Doesn't matter as staff and students don't vote Tory...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66742626

[ladymuck]

Have we done the news that Westminster Palace might also have this stuff? Considering they've spent 20 years dragging their heels over repair works because the precious darlings can't possibly decamp to another city, it would be highly entertaining for it to collapse on them (preferably while the topic was being debated in either chamber).

[SueEllen]

who voted for them?

Not me. I had another way....

(Oh and I'm not a boomer. )

[Uncle Albert]

[JustKeepSwimming]

Have you missed the Tory government particularly under their last 3 leaders shovelling money to their mates?

who voted for them?

[SueEllen]

Another footnote in the boomer legacy. Stretch their parents infrastructure out as long as possible and get their grand kids to pay for the replacements.

The US has the same issue but far worst because of their dispersed population providing no economies of scale.

It's right that you sacrifice quality/durability for money in buildings. What is needed of a school in the 50s is not the same as the 90s and not the same as 2030s. The issues happen when the 40 year lifespan are constantly pushed back so we can give the boomers another rise in their unearned pensions.

Have you missed the Tory government particularly under their last 3 leaders shovelling money to their mates?

[dsc]

Oh Dear!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...er-raac-survey

The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, has angered teachers a day after a sweary outburst landed her in trouble, this time claiming headteachers who had not responded to a survey about whether they were affected by crumbling concrete should “get off their backsides”.

Her comments in a radio interview came a day after she was forced to apologise after being caught swearing on camera while expressing frustration about the crisis surrounding reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in schools, claiming that “everyone else has sat on their arse” while she tried to fix the problem.

Keegan told Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday: “The annoying bit, and this was probably a bit of my frustration yesterday, is despite asking since March 2020, there’s 5% of schools or responsible bodies that have not responded to the survey. Now hopefully all this publicity will make them get off their backsides.

“But what I would like them to do is to respond because I want to be the secretary of state that knows exactly in every school where there is Raac and takes action.”

Gillian should perhaps get of her ass and start doing some proper graft as 95% of schools / bodies did respond to the survey, so the 5% is a bit fecking irrelevant at this point.

I'd love to know how long she / gov bods knew about this.

[alphadog]

Not just schools and hospitals... our local theatre has just just announced it is closing indefinitely due to the possible presence of RAAC. There goes the panto for the next few years.

This is going to be the 'gift' that keeps on giving.

[JustKeepSwimming]

Another footnote in the boomer legacy. Stretch their parents infrastructure out as long as possible and get their grand kids to pay for the replacements.

The US has the same issue but far worst because of their dispersed population providing no economies of scale.

It's right that you sacrifice quality/durability for money in buildings. What is needed of a school in the 50s is not the same as the 90s and not the same as 2030s. The issues happen when the 40 year lifespan are constantly pushed back so we can give the boomers another rise in their unearned pensions.

[vetran]