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Structural safety of glass in balustrades
Barriers in buildings may include balustrading, internal partitions and the external façade. Glass is commonly used as an infill or even as a structural component in all of these applications.
1 December 2019
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Steel column erection anchoring connection failure injured worker
This report describes how a construction worker was injured during the erection of a steel column due to shortcomings in erection procedures and inadequacies in a column base connection.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 992
Region: CROSS-US
Failures of cold formed steel floor systems during construction
This report describes numerous collapses during construction of cold formed steel floor systems caused by lack of bracing/fastening and overloading of an incomplete structure.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 997
Region: CROSS-US
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
Essential consideration of ‘soft hazards’ on civil and building engineering projects
A check-list for all those engaged in structural or fire engineering design.
7 December 2022
Third party content
Wind adjacent to tall buildings
Reports to CROSS have raised concerns about the design of temporary works to resist wind loading in urban environments.
1 December 2015
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Failure of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks
In late 2018, the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Department for Education (DfE) contacted all school building owners to draw attention to a recent failure involving a flat roof There was little warning of the sudden collapse.
1 May 2019
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Case Studies on Failure Investigations In Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
A monograph presenting case studies on failure investigations in structural and geotechnical engineering in three sections
26 September 2023
Third party content
Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
Explosive demolition of structures
John Wolstenholme shares his insights on the use of Relevant Good Practice for the explosive demolition of structures, and the expectations to be demonstrated in the concept, design, methodology and safe undertaking of an explosive demolition project.
11 December 2023
Third party content
Snow loading on buildings
In 2010 there was heavy snow in many parts of the UK, but particularly in Scotland, where a number of buildings, mainly agricultural, collapsed under the weight of snow (up to 1.2m in some cases).
1 February 2010
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US