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Timber truss
The reporter has been dealing with an application where the engineer involved discovered proprietary timber girder trusses with some glued joints that have come loose.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 62
Region: CROSS-UK
Advice wanted by amateur builder
This notice, seen by a reporter, was posted on a DIY website, and whilst it may be apocryphal, it illustrates the type of queries received by local authorities and building regulations officers.
1 January 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 125
Region: CROSS-UK
Concerns on stability require prompt action
A reporter was concerned about overall building stability during an extension and conversion project.
1 January 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 171
Region: CROSS-UK
Falsework support to a bridge – a near miss
This report follows the near collapse of a birdcage scaffold falsework structure during an 800 cubic metre concrete pour on a motorway bridge.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 333
Region: CROSS-UK
Products installed without CE-marking due to lower cost
Another report from Germany concerns products that have been delivered and installed on a construction site without any CE marking and Declaration of Performance (DoP) at all.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 836
Region: CROSS-UK
Unauthorised structural alterations to accommodate drainpipes
A reporter became aware of cases where main structural steel sections were ‘butchered’ on site to accommodate drainpipes.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 902
Region: CROSS-UK
Lighting pole strikes live overhead cable
An excavator operator accidentally struck a live overhead cable during the installation of a lighting pole.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 605
Region: CROSS-UK
Embankment slip during excavation works
Concerns were raised and strengthening works required after vertical movement was observed on the safety critical surface at the top of an 8m high embankment.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 572
Region: CROSS-UK
Responsibilities for hybrid concrete construction
Concerns are raised after a substantial precast element, weighing over 10t, had been placed in position and used as part of the shuttering for an in-situ pour without it being designed to act as a shutter.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 574
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous balcony construction
During an investigation of a balcony construction, a reporter discovered serious inadequacies related to a total lack of coordination between sub-contract work packages coupled with a lack of appropriate supervision.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 694
Region: CROSS-UK
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