As with the inflammable cladding, our media is scrabbling for a story of crumbling schools, pupils at risk and SNP Government failure but there’s no story there, again. From BBC UK More than 100 schools have been told to shut areas affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) without safety measures in place. It follows the collapse last week of a beam previously thought to be safe. It is unclear how many schools have had to fully close, but it could be as many as 24. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66681702 There are plenty of vaguely scary headlines here, worded carefully to imply governmental … Continue reading Schools concrete – Scots safety checks mostly done, pupils taught somewhere safe, no schools closed, UK Government deviates from advice from the Institution of Structural Engineers