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Mobile phone masts
The concern of an overseas reporter is that erection, foundation design and construction, and maintenance of mobile phone masts are not carried out adequately.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 22
Region: CROSS-UK
Scaffolds and traffic protection
A reporter is concerned about the lack of consideration shown both in British Standards and industry guidance regarding the risk of impact of vehicles with scaffolds and thereby putting at risk those working on a scaffold.
1 November 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 53
Region: CROSS-UK
Stud framing with self-tapping screws
A reporter raises concerns about contractors not using the specified screws for constructing metal stud frame walls.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 11
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of old masonry walls
There were reports of the collapse of several old masonry walls associated with adjacent construction work.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 12
Region: CROSS-UK
Latent shear stud defects
Shear studs appeared to be satisfactory when checked with the standard pull-over to five degrees but when hit with a hammer they snapped off.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 13
Region: CROSS-UK
Differing reinforcement couplers
On a recent project, because of supply problems, the contractor decided to change from the specified rebar couplers (type ‘A’) to those of another manufacturer (type ‘B’).
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 28
Region: CROSS-UK
Girder collapse
The failure was of a two-storey high trussed girder with a 36m span, designed to carry a composite steel and concrete floor at the lower level and a trussed roof at higher level.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 30
Region: CROSS-UK
Wind on internal masonry walls during construction
There has been a generic report from a contractor about internal masonry walls during construction following his experiences of failures.
1 October 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 82
Region: CROSS-UK
Culvert roof slab failure
A culvert, which carries a river under a busy main road, partially collapsed.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 97
Region: CROSS-UK
Acoustic ceiling collapse in cinema
A reporter writes about the failure of a mass barrier acoustic ceiling at a cinema complex in a major UK city a few years ago.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 101
Region: CROSS-UK