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The solution to identifying RAAC for public sector organisations

|Date: 12 October, 2023

The solution to identifying RAAC for public sector organisations

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) offers advice on identifying RAAC for local auth ...

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) offers advice on identifying RAAC for local authorities and other public sector organisations. Recently, there has been significant coverage in ...

12 October, 2023
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Full schedule planned for Clarke Willmott’s Housing Week

|Date: 5 October, 2023

Full schedule planned for Clarke Willmott’s Housing Week

The full schedule for Clarke Willmott’s popular Housing Week has been announced with a series of webinars ...

The full schedule for Clarke Willmott’s popular Housing Week has been announced with a series of webinars covering everything going on in the social housing sector now. The firm’s flagship event serie ...

5 October, 2023
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Experts to explain hazardous concrete risk to public bodies

|Date: 28 September, 2023

Experts to explain hazardous concrete risk to public bodies

Worried owners and managers of public buildings are being offered expert support to navigate the hazardou ...

Worried owners and managers of public buildings are being offered expert support to navigate the hazardous concrete crisis which has disrupted schools across the UK. Those with responsibility for buil ...

28 September, 2023
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Housing associations must act on RAAC for tenant safety, says social housing lawyers Winckworth Sherwood

|Date: 8 September, 2023

Housing associations must act on RAAC for tenant safety, says social housing lawyers Winckworth Sherwood

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications and drawings for the use of Rein ...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications and drawings for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in home construction. Where RAAC is found immediate s ...

8 September, 2023
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Insurers likely to exclude RAAC claims, say lawyers Winckworth Sherwood

|Date: 5 September, 2023

Insurers likely to exclude RAAC claims, say lawyers Winckworth Sherwood

The use of RAAC is likely to be widespread, affecting many buildings constructed between the 1950s and 19 ...

The use of RAAC is likely to be widespread, affecting many buildings constructed between the 1950s and 1990s. Building owners with defective RAAC are likely to look to their insurers. And as with defe ...

5 September, 2023
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