Name: RAAC Discovery: An Interactive and Educational Workshop
Start: 2024-11-20T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-20T20:15:00+00:00
Location: Leeds College of Building - South Bank Campus

RAAC Discovery: An Interactive and Educational Workshop

This IStructE / Curtins / IHEEM workshop will cover the properties of RAAC, expert views on pragmatic solutions, and a live RAAC test.
About this Event

Timings:
6.00-6.30pm: Refreshments

6.30-7.15pm: Presentations

7.15-7.45pm: Live RAAC Testing

7.45-8.15pm: Interactive RAAC Exhibition & Networking

Overview:

In partnership the IStructE and IHEEM (The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management), Curtins invite you to this hands-on workshop to understand more about RAAC’s properties, witness live RAAC testing of strength and stiffness, and hear from leading experts on how we can deal with the presence of RAAC pragmatically.

The session will be an opportunity to understand how the material performs in comparison to traditional concrete with an interactive display, following a short talk by Curtins’ experienced structural engineers.

Curtins have acted as one of the UK’s leading engineers on RAAC, carrying out surveys in over 100 schools in the past 6 months, as well as universities, hospitals and other public and private sector buildings. Their expertise has contributed to IStructE guidance, as well as collaborative research with the BRE, Loughborough University and Aintree and Airedale Hospitals.

Join us in the central atrium at the Leeds College of Building’s South Bank Campus forrefreshments and introductory presentations, before breaking out into the College’s workshop spaces for live testing of RAAC samples.

Speaker profiles:

Design Director, Andy Buckley BSc (Hons) CEng MICE IMIStructE is responsible for leading the Structures Team in Curtins’ Leeds office. Andy has led the teams that have contributed to the RAAC assessments undertaken at Airedale General Hospital and York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals. Andy is professionally registered with the IStructE on their approved RAAC Register.

Associate, Oliver Organ MEng (Hons) CEng MICE is a Team Leader in Curtins Leeds office. He is considered a leading Engineer in RAAC and is currently the Project leader responsible for the delivery and implementation of Curtins’ Structural works at Airedale General Hospital.

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