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Adapted masonry support props
A reporter has come across adapted masonry support props in use and in their view, they must only be used in the case of limited openings where the masonry can arch over.
1 November 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 57
Region: CROSS-UK
Adapted masonry support props
Another reporter gives their experience on the use of adapted masonry support props.
1 November 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 58
Region: CROSS-UK
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
Low pitched metal sheet roofs
A reporter is concerned about low pitch metal sheet roofing attached to trussed rafters.
1 April 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 66
Region: CROSS-UK
Unstable building due to modification work
A SCOTCROSS report relates to an old four storey building undergoing modifications.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 69
Region: CROSS-UK
Local authorities and approved inspectors
A reporter is very concerned that the system of building control where there is competition between local authorities and approved inspectors, has produced a situation where the level of independent inspection has fallen dramatically.
1 July 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 67
Region: CROSS-UK
Concrete half joints
Poor reinforcement detailing and installation in a half joint led to the collapse of a series of beams and precast concrete slabs.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 88
Region: CROSS-UK
Site hoardings blow down
Investigations into timber hoarding failures by the reporter’s firm indicated that the majority of site hoardings are erected with no design whatsoever.
1 October 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 83
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of brickwork cladding
The external leaf of a brickwork pier at first floor level fell down onto the playground of a school adjacent to the main entrance door.
1 October 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 84
Region: CROSS-UK
FC Twente stadium roof collapse
This paper concerns the collapse at the FC Twente Stadium in Holland in 2011 when part of a cantilever steel frame roof failed during erection.
1 July 2014
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK