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Snow loading in Scotland - collapsed warehouses
A reporter provided a list of 40 whisky warehouse buildings that had collapsed in the recent heavy snow conditions in northern Scotland (January/February 2010).
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 193
Region: CROSS-UK
Fall of bridge deck support due to bolt over-tightening
A 7t steel frame designed to temporarily support part of a bridge deck during bearing refurbishments work fell from height as it was about to be lowered some 21m to the ground.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 216
Region: CROSS-UK
Do current regulations apply when repairing older buildings?
A 19th century three story mill was subject to a fire which resulted in the sudden collapse of part of the interior structure.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 212
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern about bridge hangers
A reporter is concerned that a failure in recent years involving the cast connections at each end of vertical bars, which connected to a bow string arch at one end and to a bridge deck at the other, may be in use elsewhere.
1 July 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 222
Region: CROSS-UK
Defective imported scaffold ties
On a contract where multi lift access scaffolds had been installed for a period of up to 18 months in an exposed coastal location, it was found by a reporter on one of the regular inspections that some of the scaffold ties had failed.
1 April 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 230
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loads on agricultural buildings in Scotland
The reporter raises concerns that the snow loading situation with regards to agricultural buildings (in Scotland) and perhaps all buildings may require review.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 248
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loading in Scotland
A reporter’s practice who specialises in remediation have had new instructions on five roof collapses after a period of heavy snowfalls (January 2010).
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 183
Region: CROSS-UK
Glass panel fixings failure
A local authority reports how a double-laminated glass panel measuring approximately 1mx1.5m fell from a first floor balcony, striking four people who were standing on the ground floor.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 182
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loading in Scotland - summary of reports
There were heavy snowfalls over the entire United Kingdom in the winters of 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 and CROSS received a number of reports, mostly from Scotland where a significant number of buildings suffered roof collapses.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 264
Region: CROSS-UK
Freezing splits galvanised SHS columns
Concerns were raised after several square hollow section members split vertically on a partially complete construction site.
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 253
Region: CROSS-UK
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