{"id":35912,"date":"2023-03-17T17:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35912"},"modified":"2023-03-17T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:50:09","slug":"ihbcs-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-edinburgh-schools-may-have-dangerous-material-linked-to-roof-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35912","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Edinburgh Schools may have dangerous material linked to roof collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16564\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Edinburgh-Skyline-courtesy-of-Fiona-Newton-e1504286862516.png\" alt=\"building roofs\" width=\"250\" height=\"158\" \/>Fears of roof collapses have sparked an Edinburgh Council investigation into whether the lightweight concrete was used in the construction of any of its buildings, reports <em>Edinburgh Live<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration -Fiona Newton<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 Concerns over Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) have sparked an investigation\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Edinburgh Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>A potentially dangerous building material linked to cases of school roofs suddenly collapsing may have been used in the construction of up to 15 council buildings in Edinburgh, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns over Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) have sparked an investigation by the city council\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The bubbly, lightweight concrete was commonly used in the construction of roofs and walls in the UK from the 1950s to 80s but is now believed to pose a \u2018risk to life\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In a stark safety briefing notice issued last September, the Office of Government Property (OGP) said the material \u201cis now life-expired and liable to collapse\u201d&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/edinburgh-council-buildings-used-dangerous-26266400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fears of roof collapses have sparked an Edinburgh Council investigation into whether the lightweight concrete was used in the construction of any of its buildings, reports Edinburgh Live. image: for illustration -Fiona Newton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35913,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35912\/revisions\/35913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}