The 'formidable' Essex architect behind school concrete crisis

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More than 50 schools in the county are dealing with the aftermath of work by architect Ralph Crowe.

Elmstead Primary School, pictured in a 1974 brochure from the Essex County Council architect's department, is one of the schools affected by the Raac crisisThe concrete crisis affecting schools in Essex can be traced back to a "formidable" architect in the 1970s, research by the BBC has found.

The government has previously said the high concentration of Raac in Essex was a result of post-war building and population increase. He led and championed the development of mostly single-storey modular component building , which contained Raac roof panels.

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