{"id":82770,"date":"2018-01-11T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=82770"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:55","slug":"hogeschool-rotterdam-sluit-gebouw-om-brandgevaar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/01\/11\/hogeschool-rotterdam-sluit-gebouw-om-brandgevaar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences closes building due to fire safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences has closed one of its buildings at campus Woudestein for preventive reasons because its exterior cladding panels may not be fireproof. The school had the building assessed in response to the fire at London\u2019s Grenfell Tower.<\/p>\n

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The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Rotterdam) building.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

The building concerned is thirty years old and situated at the school\u2019s Kralingse Zoom site. Given the provisional test results, the school \u201cis unable to state with certainty that the building component is sufficiently safe for students, staff and other users\u201d.<\/p>\n

For this reason, the school\u2019s board decided last night to close the building for the time being. \u201cWe realise that this is a decision with extremely far-reaching consequences, but the safety of our staff and students is paramount,\u201d said the Chairman of the school\u2019s Executive Board, Ron Bormans.<\/p>\n

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Closing Polak Building <\/h2>