Widespread defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel revealed

07:11 am on 14 October 2019

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New imaging technology has revealed hundreds of major buildings nationwide have defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel. Concrete investigators say their scanning shows many buildings have not been constructed according to the plans - and they are astounded and appalled. Phil Pennington files the first of two reports, detailing what is being found - a second report will look at how this could be allowed to happen.