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Collapse of a gable wall
Part of a gable wall to a fairly recently constructed block of flats collapsed onto a parked car which suffered significant damage.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 92
Region: CROSS-UK
Precast concrete canopies in housing
A reporter warns that precast concrete cantilever canopies which are slender and monolithic with lintels over entrance doorways can be vulnerable to sudden collapse.
1 January 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 126
Region: CROSS-UK
Water ingress to cross-laminated timber structural frame
In an eight year old building that included cross-laminated timber construction, it was found that water penetration had caused parts of the structure to rot.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1124
Region: CROSS-UK
Another example of brick slips falling from height
Another example of defective brick slips falling from the facade of a building.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1081
Region: CROSS-UK
Responsibility for change
The inadequate substitution of lintels led to them buckling, and the surrounding masonry cracking.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 50
Region: CROSS-UK
Scottish tenements
A reporter raises concerns about carrying out alterations to old tenement buildings in Scotland.
1 July 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 26
Region: CROSS-UK
Balcony construction defects of residential flats
A reporter's firm have been undertaking structural assessments of cantilevered reinforced concrete walkways, which in the majority of cases have been found to be under strength.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 435
Region: CROSS-UK
Metal cladding panels blowing in the wind
A local authority was called to investigate a dangerous structure where metal cladding panels on the 10th floor of a student accommodation block were flapping in high winds.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 461
Region: CROSS-UK
Balcony collapse at block of flats
An in-situ reinforced concrete balcony collapsed at a block of flats which are believed to have been built in the 1960s.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 341
Region: CROSS-UK
Stability of terraced buildings
A reporter is concerned about a terrace of four buildings the third of which is being opened up.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 448
Region: CROSS-UK