Richard Burgin, assistant director of securing the future at AGH Solutions – a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust – discusses the work being undertaken for its RAAC management programme at Airedale General Hospital and the challenge of carrying out extensive inspection, monitoring, maintenance, and strengthening works while maintaining a fully operational healthcare environment.
Across the NHS estate, few infrastructure challenges rival the scale and complexity of the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) programme at Airedale General Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire. While many healthcare organisations have identified RAAC within parts of their estates, Airedale faces one of the most significant and technically challenging situations in the country.
The hospital contains RAAC throughout a substantial proportion of its estate, with 80 per cent of floors, walls, and roofs affected. The site includes approximately 70,000 RAAC planks and one of the largest flat roof structures in the NHS, creating a unique risk profile that requires continuous monitoring, assessment, and intervention.
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