Some authority-owned buildings in Oxford may contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and will be inspected ‘as a matter of urgency’, the city council has said.
The authority said some post-war council buildings, including housing blocks and leisure and community centres, may contain the material, which was used in building construction from the 1950s until the mid-1990s.
Oxford said it had identified the issue in some of its buildings ‘before the current crisis’.
The city council said it was now ‘bringing forward a series of planned inspections as a matter of urgency’. Inspections will be carried out over the next three months.
If RAAC is found, the authority said it would ‘undertake a condition survey and take appropriate action to manage any risks’.
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