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RAAC Surveys Haddington | Identification and Assessment | NDTScan

RAAC identification, condition assessment and reporting to IStructE guidance across Haddington, East Lothian and the surrounding area. NDTScan attends from its Oxford base, anywhere in the UK.
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Overview

For a RAAC survey in Haddington, NDTScan brings something no general scanning contractor can: hands-on experience of identifying and analysing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete across the UK, in schools, hospitals, housing, public buildings and commercial estates. East Lothian has its share of the roofs and floors built with these planks between the late 1950s and the mid 1990s, and most have never been properly surveyed.

Brunton Theatre has also been publicly reported as containing RAAC. NDTScan cites the published lists as evidence that RAAC is in the East Lothian building stock, and for no other reason. Education and health estates were counted because government asked for them to be counted. The equivalent stock in Haddington's council, housing, leisure, retail and commercial buildings has not been, and that is where most uninspected RAAC now sits.

The method NDTScan uses in Haddington is the one it uses everywhere: identify first, then assess. Ground penetrating radar reads the plank's internal structure without cutting into it, distinguishing RAAC from the dense precast, hollowcore and timber it is often mistaken for. Every confirmed plank is then inspected for the defects that matter, cracking, deflection, short bearing, water damage, corrosion and earlier repairs, and classified in line with IStructE guidance. The Haddington owner receives a plank-level record, not a general opinion.

NDTScan's advice to Haddington owners is consistent: survey before you decide. A RAAC roof that has been identified and assessed plank by plank can be managed, propped, strengthened or replaced on evidence. One that has only been glanced at will be closed, propped or replaced on fear, and that is where budgets go. The survey is the smallest cost in the chain.

Scan before you repair. That is the standing advice for every Haddington client, and the reason NDTScan reports what the concrete contains before anyone specifies what to do about it.

Services Available in Haddington

  • RAAC Identification Survey GPR based, plank by plank identification of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in roofs, floors and walls across Haddington. Confirms what the element is made of without opening it up, and records plank widths, reinforcement and bearing details as evidence.
  • RAAC Condition Assessment Plank level inspection of confirmed RAAC for cracking, deflection, bearing length, water ingress, corrosion and previous repairs, classified in line with IStructE guidance. Reported so a East Lothian engineer or estates team can act on it directly.
  • RAAC Management and Reinspection Monitoring regimes, reinspection intervals and management plans for RAAC that is being kept in service, plus expert input where a Haddington owner needs an independent second opinion on a survey or a remediation proposal.

RAAC in and around Haddington

Typical Haddington instructions: RAAC identification in schools, halls, clinics and council buildings built between 1955 and 1995; plank by plank condition assessment of confirmed RAAC roofs and floors; risk classification in line with IStructE guidance to support decisions on closure, propping or continued use; reinspection and monitoring of managed RAAC; and independent review of surveys and remediation proposals for East Lothian owners and their insurers. NDTScan covers Haddington from Oxford in the same way it covers the rest of Scotland.

NDTScan also provides RAAC surveys in Musselburgh, Tranent, Prestonpans, Dunbar, North Berwick and Cockenzie and the rest of East Lothian. The rest of the region is covered from the Scotland RAAC surveys page, and the service itself is described on the RAAC surveys page.

About NDTScan

NDTScan is a specialist non-destructive testing company based in Oxford and led by Neil Smuts, author of The RAAC Book. It is the UK's specialist in the identification and analysis of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, and a Level 4 UKCSS Operator, the first in the UK to achieve that certification. RAAC surveys in Haddington sit alongside the company's concrete scanning and structural condition survey work, and every report is written to a standard suitable for engineering acceptance, insurers and dispute work.

Haddington RAAC Services

  • RAAC Identification GPR based, plank by plank identification of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in Haddington roofs, floors and walls, without opening the structure.
  • Condition Assessment Cracking, deflection, bearing, water ingress, corrosion and previous repairs recorded for every confirmed plank in Haddington buildings.
  • IStructE Classification Findings classified in line with IStructE guidance so East Lothian owners and engineers can decide on closure, propping, management or replacement.
  • Schools and Colleges Identification and assessment for education estates across East Lothian, planned around term dates and occupied buildings.
  • NHS, Council and Housing Estates Hospitals, clinics, council buildings, leisure centres and housing stock in and around Haddington, with reporting that supports estate-wide decisions.
  • Nationwide from Oxford NDTScan attends Haddington and the whole of Scotland from its Oxford base, whenever the work demands it, with every survey interpreted and reported in full.
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Yes. RAAC identification and assessment is what NDTScan is known for, and Haddington is inside its everyday UK coverage. The company attends from Oxford, surveys the building plank by plank and reports in a form the owner's engineer can act on.
That is the normal situation. Most RAAC in the UK was installed without the word appearing on a drawing, and many buildings have lost their drawings altogether. NDTScan identifies the construction directly, plank by plank, using ground penetrating radar and the plank's physical signature, so the Haddington owner does not have to rely on records that were never kept.
Yes. NDTScan records each plank's condition and classifies the findings in line with IStructE guidance, which is what engineers, insurers and public bodies expect to see. For a Haddington building that gives the owner a defensible basis for deciding on closure, propping, management or replacement.
No. The published lists only ever covered education settings and NHS hospital sites. A building's absence from them means it was never counted, not that it was surveyed and found clear. NDTScan's advice for any East Lothian building with a flat or shallow roof from 1955 to 1995 is to have the construction identified, which is a single visit and settles the question.
Plank by plank, not as a general opinion. Each element is identified, its condition recorded and classified in line with IStructE guidance, and every significant defect is photographed and located on a plan. The report says what was found, what was not found and how confident each reading is, so the East Lothian owner can act on it directly.
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Haddington RAAC Survey FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions.

Common questions about RAAC identification, condition assessment and reporting in Haddington and across East Lothian, answered by NDTScan.
Yes. RAAC identification and assessment is what NDTScan is known for, and Haddington is inside its everyday UK coverage. The company attends from Oxford, surveys the building plank by plank and reports in a form the owner's engineer can act on.
That is the normal situation. Most RAAC in the UK was installed without the word appearing on a drawing, and many buildings have lost their drawings altogether. NDTScan identifies the construction directly, plank by plank, using ground penetrating radar and the plank's physical signature, so the Haddington owner does not have to rely on records that were never kept.
Yes. NDTScan records each plank's condition and classifies the findings in line with IStructE guidance, which is what engineers, insurers and public bodies expect to see. For a Haddington building that gives the owner a defensible basis for deciding on closure, propping, management or replacement.
No. The published lists only ever covered education settings and NHS hospital sites. A building's absence from them means it was never counted, not that it was surveyed and found clear. NDTScan's advice for any East Lothian building with a flat or shallow roof from 1955 to 1995 is to have the construction identified, which is a single visit and settles the question.
Plank by plank, not as a general opinion. Each element is identified, its condition recorded and classified in line with IStructE guidance, and every significant defect is photographed and located on a plan. The report says what was found, what was not found and how confident each reading is, so the East Lothian owner can act on it directly.