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Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC): Cross Sector Working Group

Overview

The Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) Cross Sector Working Group provides an opportunity for key stakeholders to discuss the latest information about RAAC. The members of the group are from relevant sectors with the responsibility for the management of safety in the buildings they own or operate.    

The group will help build an understanding of RAAC in buildings in Scotland by working in partnership, sharing information and discussion. This will inform the response by public bodies and private sector organisations. It will also contribute towards centralised data on RAAC in Scotland.  

The group first met in August 2023 to help build awareness of RAAC within the public sector and institutional properties in Scotland and reports to the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety.

The existence of the group does not remove the responsibility that building owners and employers have for the health and safety of buildings and workplaces. These remain in place. Local authorities remain responsible for taking enforcement action on defective and dangerous buildings. 

Information on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) can be found on the website of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).

Purpose 

The group provides an opportunity for to discuss the latest information about RAAC. The members of the group are from relevant sectors with the responsibility for the management of safety in the buildings they own or operate.    

The group will help build an understanding of RAAC in buildings in Scotland by working in partnership, sharing information and discussion. This will inform the response by public bodies and private sector organisations. It will also contribute towards centralised data on RAAC in Scotland.  

The existence of the group does not remove the responsibility that building owners and employers have for the health and safety of buildings and workplaces. These remain in place. Local authorities remain responsible for taking enforcement action on defective and dangerous buildings. 

Members

  • officials from across the Scottish Government 
  • Scottish Heads of Property Scotland 
  • Local Authority Building Standards Scotland 
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities 
  • Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers 
  • Scottish Futures Trust 
  • City of Edinburgh Council 
  • Fife Council 
  • Falkirk Council 
  • West Dunbartonshire council 
  • North Ayrshire Council 
  • East Ayrshire Council 
  • NHS Scotland Assure 
  • Association of Directors of Education Scotland 
  • Scottish Funding Council 
  • Scottish Association of University Directors of Estates 
  • Police Scotland 
  • Scottish Fire and Rescue Service 
  • Scottish Federation of Housing Associations 
  • Scottish Association of Landlords 
  • Chartered Institute of Housing 
  • Scottish Housing Regulator 
  • Scottish Property Federation 
  • Homes for Scotland 
  • Historic Environment Scotland 
  • Built Environment Forum Scotland 
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service 
  • Scottish Delivery Bodies Group 

RAAC in Housing Subgroup

 

The RAAC in Housing Subgroup provides an opportunity for housing stakeholders to have focused discussions about RAAC in domestic settings.

These discussions will help build an understanding of RAAC in housing in Scotland and provide an opportunity to share intelligence and disseminate the latest information.

As with the main working group, the existence of the sub-group does not remove the responsibility that housing providers or owner-occupiers have for maintaining the condition of the homes they own. These remain in place. Local authorities remain responsible for taking enforcement action on defective and dangerous buildings, including in domestic settings.

The members of the group are from relevant organisations in the sector, including housing providers with the responsibility for the management of safety in the buildings they own or operate, umbrella organisations representing building owners and other experts in the field.

Members

  • Officials from the Scottish Government
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Angus Council
  • Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers
  • Bield Housing and Care
  • Built Environment Forum Scotland
  • Chartered Institute of Housing
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • COSLA
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Homes for Scotland
  • Moray Council
  • North Lanarkshire Council
  • Scottish Association of Landlords
  • Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
  • Scottish Housing Regulator
  • Scottish Property Federation
  • Trust Housing Association
  • Under One Roof

RAAC Management Subgroup

 

This subgroup is to consider issues relating to the management of RAAC in the interests of developing as informed a view as possible of the issues involved in order to support as an effective ‘best practice’ response to the management of RAAC.

It is open to representatives of organisations, including from the public and private sectors, academic, professional and industrial bodies with an interest in RAAC.

Roles and responsibilities of the subgroup include consideration of approaches being taken to the management of RAAC, sources of information and expertise about managing RAAC, including access to research, guidance and advice, proposals for further work with the objective of identifying the lessons arising from the response to RAAC. 

Members 

  • Scottish Government  
  • NHS Scotland Assure
  • The Association of the University Directors of Estates 
  • Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)
  • Scottish Heads of Property Services (SHoPs) 
  • Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
  • Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
  • Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)

Publications

2024

2023

Contact

Building and Fire Safety: Ministerial Working Group

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