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RAAC surveys in Kirkburton. The UK's reference point for RAAC.

RAAC Surveys Kirkburton | Identification and Assessment | NDTScan

RAAC identification, condition assessment and reporting to IStructE guidance across Kirkburton, West Yorkshire and the surrounding area. NDTScan attends from its Oxford base, anywhere in the UK.
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RAAC plank end bearing with exposed reinforcement, recorded on an NDTScan survey

Overview

RAAC surveys in Kirkburton are carried out by NDTScan, the UK's specialist in the identification and analysis of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. The planks were installed in West Yorkshire buildings for nearly forty years, mainly in flat and shallow-pitched roofs, and they are now well beyond the design life their manufacturers assumed. Identifying them is the first step; understanding their condition is the one that matters.

The Department for Education's list of education settings with confirmed RAAC, published in February 2024, includes 2 settings in Kirklees, among them Shelley College, A Share Academy and Batley Girls High School. The Department of Health and Social Care's list of hospital sites with confirmed RAAC includes Airedale General Hospital in West Yorkshire. Those are the buildings that made the published lists, which cover schools, colleges and NHS sites. They are named here as evidence that the construction is present in West Yorkshire, not as NDTScan projects. Around Kirkburton the same roof and floor planks are in council buildings, housing, leisure centres, retail units and industrial sheds that nobody has counted.

NDTScan surveys RAAC in Kirkburton in two stages that are usually completed on the same visit. First, identification: GPR and the plank's own signature, its width, its transverse reinforcement and its bearing detail, establish plank by plank whether the element is RAAC at all. Second, condition: each confirmed plank is inspected for cracking, deflection, bearing length, water ingress, corrosion and past repair, and the results are classified in line with IStructE guidance. The report says what was found, what was not found and how confident each reading is.

The most expensive mistake in Kirkburton, as everywhere else, is to act on RAAC before it has been understood. Whole buildings have been closed on the strength of a visual inspection that could not tell RAAC from hollowcore. NDTScan's position is that identification and condition assessment come first, remediation second, and the report has to be good enough to design from.

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

Services Available in Kirkburton

  • RAAC Identification Survey GPR based, plank by plank identification of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in roofs, floors and walls across Kirkburton. 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 West Yorkshire 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 Kirkburton owner needs an independent second opinion on a survey or a remediation proposal.

RAAC in and around Kirkburton

Around Kirkburton the work divides into four kinds. Owners who do not know what their roof is made of and need it identified. Owners who know it is RAAC and need every plank assessed and classified in line with IStructE guidance. Estates teams who need a management plan and a reinspection regime for planks staying in service. And West Yorkshire clients who have a survey or a remediation proposal in front of them and want NDTScan's independent view before committing money. Public bodies, housing providers, insurers and private owners all instruct on the same basis.

NDTScan also provides RAAC surveys in Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax and Dewsbury and the rest of West Yorkshire. The rest of the region is covered from the Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Kirkburton 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.

Kirkburton RAAC Services

  • RAAC Identification GPR based, plank by plank identification of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in Kirkburton 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 Kirkburton buildings.
  • IStructE Classification Findings classified in line with IStructE guidance so West Yorkshire owners and engineers can decide on closure, propping, management or replacement.
  • Schools and Colleges Identification and assessment for education estates across West Yorkshire, planned around term dates and occupied buildings.
  • NHS, Council and Housing Estates Hospitals, clinics, council buildings, leisure centres and housing stock in and around Kirkburton, with reporting that supports estate-wide decisions.
  • Nationwide from Oxford NDTScan attends Kirkburton and the whole of England from its Oxford base, whenever the work demands it, with every survey interpreted and reported in full.
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Yes. NDTScan attends Kirkburton and the rest of West Yorkshire from its Oxford base, and works across the whole of the UK. RAAC identification and condition assessment is a core service, delivered by the company's own specialists and reported in line with IStructE guidance.
With ground penetrating radar and the plank's own signature. RAAC planks return a distinctly different radar response from dense concrete, hollowcore and timber, and their widths, transverse bars and bearing details confirm the reading. NDTScan checks every plank rather than sampling one corner, so a Kirkburton owner gets a complete picture without opening the roof.
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 Kirkburton building that gives the owner a defensible basis for deciding on closure, propping, management or replacement.
Anything with a flat or shallow-pitched roof built between the late 1950s and the mid 1990s: schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, council offices, leisure centres, community halls, housing blocks, retail units and industrial sheds. Across West Yorkshire the education and NHS estates have been counted; the rest of the stock has not, and that is where most uninspected RAAC now sits.
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 West Yorkshire owner can act on it directly.
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Kirkburton RAAC Survey FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions.

Common questions about RAAC identification, condition assessment and reporting in Kirkburton and across West Yorkshire, answered by NDTScan.
Yes. NDTScan attends Kirkburton and the rest of West Yorkshire from its Oxford base, and works across the whole of the UK. RAAC identification and condition assessment is a core service, delivered by the company's own specialists and reported in line with IStructE guidance.
With ground penetrating radar and the plank's own signature. RAAC planks return a distinctly different radar response from dense concrete, hollowcore and timber, and their widths, transverse bars and bearing details confirm the reading. NDTScan checks every plank rather than sampling one corner, so a Kirkburton owner gets a complete picture without opening the roof.
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 Kirkburton building that gives the owner a defensible basis for deciding on closure, propping, management or replacement.
Anything with a flat or shallow-pitched roof built between the late 1950s and the mid 1990s: schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, council offices, leisure centres, community halls, housing blocks, retail units and industrial sheds. Across West Yorkshire the education and NHS estates have been counted; the rest of the stock has not, and that is where most uninspected RAAC now sits.
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 West Yorkshire owner can act on it directly.