Concrete crisis Libraries and Scout huts among sites awaiting checks

A Bond warehouse near Bristol's Cumberland Basin has not yet been surveyed

- Alex SEABROOK Local democracy reporter

Two years after the crumbly concrete crisis forced schools across England to suddenly close, there are many buildings left in Bristol which could be affected.

Bristol City Council owns a lot of buildings across the city and has still not yet inspected all of them to check for crumbly concrete.

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was often used in constructing public buildings across the country, such as offices, community centres and nurseries. RAAC is less durable than traditional concrete, due to being full of tiny bubbles, and can collapse if it gets too wet.

Earlier this summer, City Hall bosses admitted that more than 200 council-owned buildings still needed inspections for RAAC, but did not say which ones.

Now a response to a freedom of information request has revealed the long list of affected buildings which could still have RAAC.

These include a warehouse storing important public records, libraries, community centres, shops and cafes.

No maintained schools are affected, as the council inspected all of these in 2023.