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Snow loads on agricultural and other building structures
Snowfalls in 2010, and in the early part of 2011, caused a significant number of agricultural and associated buildings in Scotland, and a small number in the North of England, to partially fail or to collapse.
1 March 2011
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Snow loading in Scotland - summary of reports
There were heavy snowfalls over the entire United Kingdom in the winters of 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 and CROSS received a number of reports, mostly from Scotland where a significant number of buildings suffered roof collapses.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 264
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loads on agricultural buildings in Scotland
The reporter raises concerns that the snow loading situation with regards to agricultural buildings (in Scotland) and perhaps all buildings may require review.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 248
Region: CROSS-UK
Proper design and use of cold rolled steel frames
A reporter has been designing structures in cold rolled steel for approximately twenty years, mainly portal frame buildings, and some concerns.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 93
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loading in Scotland - agricultural buildings
A reporter says that nine agricultural buildings have collapsed in the past few days in a region of north east Scotland where there is currently (January 2010) 1.2m of snow.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 195
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loading in Scotland
A reporter’s practice who specialises in remediation have had new instructions on five roof collapses after a period of heavy snowfalls (January 2010).
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 183
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loading in Scotland - ice load
A reporter’s practice who specialises in remediation have had new instructions on five roof collapses after a period of heavy snowfalls (January 2010).
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 184
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate structural design on industrial steel structures
A reporter's firm believes that steel structures associated with plant are being erected without a design being carried out by a structural engineer and are therefore potentially dangerous.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 804
Region: CROSS-UK
No structural design for steel portal frame building
A reporter is concerned that, in some cases, no structural design is carried out for steel portal framed buildings.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 866
Region: CROSS-UK
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