RAAC survey · Manchester

RAAC surveys in Manchester

Non-destructive RAAC surveys and engineering inspections for schools, hospitals, council buildings, offices and homes in Manchester. Find out whether RAAC is there, where every plank is and what condition it is in, with the building kept open.

  • Visual RAAC survey from £395
  • Report within five working days of the visit
  • Signed by a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IStructE
A monitoring device fixed to the underside of a RAAC roof plank
Manchester

RAAC surveyorsfor Manchester


We are based in Finchampstead, Wokingham, and work across the UK, including Manchester. Buildings in Manchester come under Manchester City Council and the Greater Manchester authorities, and like everywhere in the UK, many of its schools, halls, clinics and offices date from the 1950s to the mid 1990s, the period when RAAC was used in flat roofs.

A survey is how you find out for certain. It is carried out by Neil Smuts, President of the UK Concrete Scanning Standard, and where an engineering inspection is needed, by John Staves, a chartered structural engineer.

Ground penetrating radar scanner on a concrete surface
Two levels of survey

What a surveyincludes


Visual RAAC survey

Confirms whether RAAC is present, records the type and extent of panels, and notes visible defects such as cracking, deflection, spalling and water staining. From £395.

Engineering inspection and structural assessment

Plank by plank scanning and condition recording, assessed against the current IStructE RAAC guidance, with a risk category and a management and remediation strategy for each area. Priced per building.

Publicly identified RAAC in Greater Manchester

Confirmed RAACbuildings nearby


These buildings in Greater Manchester have been publicly identified as containing RAAC in official published lists. They are listed for information only: they are publicly identified, and not buildings we have worked on.

BuildingTypeArea
Canon Slade SchoolSchool or collegeGreater Manchester
Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)School or collegeStockport
Sale Grammar SchoolSchool or collegeTrafford
Sandbach SchoolSchool or collegeCheshire East
St Andrew’s CofE Primary School, Over HultonSchool or collegeBolton
St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolSchool or collegeBolton
Countess of Chester HospitalHospital or NHSCheshire
Leigh InfirmaryHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Leighton HospitalHospital or NHSCheshire
North Manchester GeneralHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Wythenshawe HospitalHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Oxford Road CampusHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Salford Royal HospitalHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
The Royal Oldham HospitalHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Royal Bolton HospitalHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Warrington General HospitalHospital or NHSCheshire
Stepping Hill HospitalHospital or NHSGreater Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University Library buildingUniversityGreater Manchester

The full UK register of confirmed RAAC buildings

Questions

RAAC surveysin Manchester


How much does a RAAC survey in Manchester cost?
A visual RAAC survey starts from £395. A full engineering inspection of a large or complex building, a hospital for example, is priced per building once we know its size, access and the level of detail required.
How quickly can you survey a building in Manchester?
We are based in Finchampstead, Wokingham, and work across the UK, including Manchester. Evening, weekend and holiday visits are no problem, and the report follows within five working days of the site visit.
Will the building need to close?
No. Survey and scanning are non-destructive and the building stays in use.
Who signs the report?
Every assessment is signed by a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers.

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