RAAC Scottish residential property guidance - Part 2

This resource supports the Institution’s Pan-African Structural Engineering Knowledge Partnership.

Stuart McNash and Stephen Fernandez describe the project to retrofit the Castle Meadow buildings in Nottingham, turning them into a new city-centre campus for the University of Nottingham.

An imaginative and technically intricate reuse project that brings new life to an old industrial steel frame, the Shanghai Greenhouse project was awarded at the Structural Awards 2025.

This guidance is specifically provided for the appraisal, assessment and remediation of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) roofs in residential properties in Scotland.

This Manual provides much needed design guidance for the structural use of bamboo, to help this sustainable material be used in accordance with ISO 22156.