{"id":39843,"date":"2024-05-07T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39843"},"modified":"2024-05-06T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:14:09","slug":"raac-discovered-in-18-scottish-universities-and-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39843","title":{"rendered":"RAAC discovered in 18 Scottish universities and colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37550\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/RAAC_open_government_licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/>Potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has now been found in the buildings of 18 universities and colleges in Scotland.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence V3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Funding Council writes:<\/p>\n<p>This is the current position regarding the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in Scottish college and university estate. It is based on data provided by colleges and universities in response to SFC\u2019s RAAC questionnaires.<\/p>\n<p>Institutions are at different stages in the process of identifying RAAC and assessing its condition, so the full extent of exposure and required remedial works is not yet fully known. We will update this page as new information becomes available\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>We are aware of RAAC being present in buildings across 18 institutions:<\/p>\n<p>Borders College<\/p>\n<p>Dundee &amp; Angus College<\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh College<\/p>\n<p>Fife College<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow Clyde College<\/p>\n<p>UHI Moray College<\/p>\n<p>West College Scotland<\/p>\n<p>University of Aberdeen<\/p>\n<p>Abertay University<\/p>\n<p>University of Dundee<\/p>\n<p>University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh Napier University<\/p>\n<p>University of Glasgow<\/p>\n<p>Heriot Watt University<\/p>\n<p>University of St Andrews<\/p>\n<p>University of Stirling<\/p>\n<p>University of Strathclyde<\/p>\n<p>University of the West of Scotland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfc.ac.uk\/estates-infrastructure\/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has now been found in the buildings of 18 universities and colleges in Scotland. image for illustration: Open Government Licence V3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39843","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=39843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39844,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39843\/revisions\/39844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}