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Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, a porous form of concrete used in buildings, especially in Aberdeen.

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Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

or something moving forward so that we don't see swathes of people, like there's 900 households in Dundee just now, also with RAC.

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

When the council decided that the best way to deal with the WRAC was to demolish, in essence, the whole of Balmagask, which is one housing estate, the council tenants were just moved, just moved.

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

And in a room of about 50 people, there were three women who were all about to be displaced to elsewhere in the city because their council house had racking it.

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

When it was discovered that there was 500 homes in Aberdeen with rack in the roofs, the immediate issue was, are these roofs about to collapse on the people that are living in them, as they had done in some schools previously?

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

Yeah, I mean, we refer to it as risky rack, crumbling concrete.

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

Rack basically means reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast
177: PAUL FOOT 2026: RAAC AND RUIN

So can you remind anyone who may have taken their eye off the story or not heard about RAC in the first place, what is RAC?