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Car park staircase collapse at construction joint
The top flight of a staircase to a multi-storey concrete car park collapsed approximately 10 years after construction.
1 July 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 106
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
Erecting reinforcement cages
A reporter asks about best practice guidance for the installation of pre-assembled reinforcement cages, as he can find very little guidance on the web.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 327
Region: CROSS-UK
Correct uses of concrete spacers
A reporter raises concerns about how concrete strip spacers are being installed on some construction sites.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 321
Region: CROSS-UK
Missing rebar identified prior to concrete slab pour
A reporter describes how they often encounter issues such as missing reinforcement while carrying out pre-pour inspections.
1 January 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 310
Region: CROSS-UK
Stability compromised in school hall
A reporter highlights construction issues that occurred during the construction of a new school hall.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 242
Region: CROSS-UK
Rebar cage temporary stability
A reporter describes how on two occasions, on different sites, 6m high rebar cages collapsed under wind loads.
1 October 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 374
Region: CROSS-UK
Wall reinforcement cages collapse
A contractor says that they have experienced two cases of wall reinforcement cages collapsing.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 357
Region: CROSS-UK
Defects in tapered thread reinforcement bars for coupling
A reporter highlights how B500 reinforcing bars were observed to have visually different tapered threads cut into the bars after delivered to site.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 844
Region: CROSS-UK
Issues with imported steel
Defective steel, says a reporter, was found in a major retail store where the material had been imported from a supplier overseas.
1 October 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 474
Region: CROSS-UK