Safety information search results
Filter your results
Building or structure type
- Bridges (13)
- Buildings
(100)
- Car parks (2)
- Commercial (7)
- Consequence Class 3 buildings (1)
- Education, science & art buildings (3)
- Health care (1)
- Industrial buildings (1)
- LPS buildings (1)
- Public, religious & civic buildings (2)
- Residential (33)
- Stadiums (1)
- Storage buildings (1)
- Tall buildings (1)
- Theatres & other entertainment buildings (1)
- Buried pipes & culverts (1)
- Masts & towers (5)
- Railways (3)
- Reservoirs & dams (1)
- Retaining structures (9)
- Roads (2)
- Sewers (3)
- Temporary structures (7)
- Tunnels (1)
Materials
Project or lifecycle stage
Design
Codes, standards & regulations
Fire incident response
Project type
- Alteration & conversion project (20)
- (-) Construction project [sub-heading only] (154)
- Demolition project (8)
- Excavation (14)
- Extension project (6)
- Groundworks project (2)
- Maintenance project (2)
- New build (76)
- Refurbishment (6)
- Remediation project (5)
- Strengthening project (2)
- Underpinning project (3)
Method of construction
Elements & systems
- Balconies (3)
- Balustrades (2)
- Basements (6)
- Beams (29)
- Bracing (6)
- Canopies (1)
- Cladding (6)
- Columns (19)
- Fasteners & connections (32)
- Fire protection (2)
- Foundations (21)
- Insulation (1)
- Light gauge steel framing (3)
- Lintels (2)
- Padstones (4)
- Parapets (2)
- PV panels (1)
- Roofs (8)
- Shear walls (2)
- Signs (1)
- Slabs (18)
- Tendons (1)
- Trusses (2)
- Wall head restraints (2)
- Walls (37)
- Wall ties (3)
- Wind posts (1)
Plant & equipment
Weather & natural hazards
Utilities
Safety reporting
Organisations
Project delivery methods
Business practice
Public incidents
Content type
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 1 (1)
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 2 (1)
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 4 (3)
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 5 (3)
- CROSS-AUS [sub-heading only] (5)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 1 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 2 (5)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 3 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 4 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 5 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 6 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 7 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 8 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 9 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 10 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 11 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 12 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 13 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 14 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 16 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 17 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 18 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 19 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 21 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 22 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 24 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 26 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 28 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 29 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 30 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 31 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 34 (4)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 35 (4)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 36 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 37 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 38 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 39 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 40 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 41 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 42 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 43 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 44 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 45 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 46 (5)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 47 (6)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 48 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 49 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 50 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 51 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 52 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 54 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 55 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 56 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 58 (4)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 59 (4)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 60 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 62 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 65 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 67 (1)
- CROSS-UK [sub-heading only] (104)
- CROSS-US Newsletter 1 (3)
- CROSS-US Newsletter 2 (3)
- CROSS-US [sub-heading only] (6)
- CROSS Newsletter (64)
- (-) CROSS Safety Report (154)
- News [sub-heading only] (23)
CROSS regions
Steelwork splices do not match design calculations
Remedial works had to be carried out after it was found that steelwork splices on site did not match calculations which were retrospectively provided by a contractor.
29 March 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 916
Region: CROSS-UK
Unsafe excavation practices
A builder undermined the existing footing of a masonry wall without being aware of the risks.
30 July 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1026
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern over concrete test methods used on site
A reporter is concerned about the test method a contractor uses to justify the strength of concrete placed on site.
13 December 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 840
Region: CROSS-UK
Incorrect steel lintel installation
A reporter came across several issues, associated with the installation of steel beam lintels, while carrying out inspection works on a 1950’s domestic property.
13 December 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1008
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of large aluminium composite panel
This report highlights the importance of correctly designed fixings and anchoring systems for cladding panels to buildings to minimize the risk of failure.
30 April 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 962
Region: CROSS-AUS
Grouting of joints between load-bearing prefabricated concrete members
This report highlights the risk of failure if grouted joints between load-bearing prefabricated concrete members are not designed and installed correctly.
30 April 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 961
Region: CROSS-AUS
Stone cladding panel concerns
A reporter is concerned in respect of the risk of failure of stone cladding panels.
9 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1069
Region: CROSS-UK
Poorly applied external insulation on buildings
This report concerns external insulation on buildings being inadequately applied and fixed, with poor control of the workmanship standards, leading to potential safety concerns and damage to the property.
21 August 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1203
Region: CROSS-UK
Undermining shallow foundations
A reporter raises concerns about the tendency for existing shallow footings to be exposed and possibly undermined when adding extensions to older properties.
1 July 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 196
Region: CROSS-UK
Gain in strength of mortar slower than concrete
A masonry wall settled and cracked after four courses of Engineering grade B bricks were substituted (not by the designer) for the original in-situ concrete padstones on cost and handling grounds.
1 April 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 177
Region: CROSS-UK
Submit a report
Your report will make a difference. It will help to create positive change and improve safety.
Our secure and confidential safety reporting system gives professionals the opportunity to share their experiences to help others.