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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
Wind damage to secondary elements
A period of storm force winds, with wind speeds approaching design levels, resulted in damage to secondary roofing and cladding elements.
1 July 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 42
Region: CROSS-UK
Cladding failure in strong winds
A reporter writes with concerns about a repeat failure of building cladding, in severe but not exceptional winds, that saw panels fall to the public street below.
17 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1172
Region: CROSS-UK
Incorrectly fixed sheets blow off parapet
This report concerns aluminium coping sheets that blew off the parapet of a block of flats under construction. The reporter says a fierce wind blew off several sheets which fell to the ground about 9m below. A building and a car were damaged but thankfully no one was hurt, although the potential for personal injury or death was significant.
25 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1180
Region: CROSS-UK
Pre-stressing ducts
A reporter has come across a situation where during grouting of the ducts in a slab, patches of concrete as big as 0.5m x 1m and 30mm thick fell on to the ground creating a safety hazard.
1 October 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 89
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
Wind damage to roof with PV panels
A reporter describes how during a heavy storm a big area of roof tiles that were adjacent to PV panels blew down.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 590
Region: CROSS-UK
Plasterwork ceiling partial collapse at railway station
A section of a ceiling cornice, plasterboard panel and lighting collapsed at a railway station landing on the floor.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 587
Region: CROSS-UK
Timber roof truss bracing problem
Lateral movement of the roof tiles on a two-storey mid-terrace house built approximately 35 years ago with a trussed rafter roof led to the discovery of broken bracing.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 354
Region: CROSS-UK
Inability of roller shutter doors to resist wind pressures
Concerns are raised after two sets of roller shutter doors failed within weeks of installation at winds far below the design pressures.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 663
Region: CROSS-UK
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