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Asymmetric bridge design and construction – a near miss
During the construction stage of an arch footbridge a design error was identified that had been indirectly revealed by an associated error in construction.
1 October 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 262
Region: CROSS-UK
Risk in notching timber studs
During the construction of a block of apartments a reporter found a couple of locations on an external fourth floor wall where the load-bearing studs had been notched well past permissible depths.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 209
Region: CROSS-UK
Design deficiencies in calculations submitted to a Local Authority
A Local Authority Building Control manager has sent a list which gives twenty nine of the more serious design review queries raised by the building control structural checking process over the last five years.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 210
Region: CROSS-UK
Managing changes to design
In the correspondent's experience, change is the root of many of the problems discussed in the current debate about standards of construction.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 822
Region: CROSS-AUS
Bridge bearing design and installation - further concerns raised
A reporter says that the issue of successful co-ordination between designers, contractors and specialist bearing suppliers is one they have experienced.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 796
Region: CROSS-UK
Quality of design and construction of a major bridge structure
This report concerns the design and installation of the bridge bearing zones on a new prestressed precast concrete viaduct.
1 October 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 781
Region: CROSS-UK
Concrete grade confusion in software
A reporter noticed that the design calculation report generated by a proprietary software package called for ‘concrete characteristic strength = 45N/mm2’, but did not confirm whether this refers to the cylinder or cube strength.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 788
Region: CROSS-UK
Poor quality of structural design on high-rise buildings
The correspondent has been very concerned about the quality of structural engineering on some projects in recent years, particularly for certain high-rise buildings.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 823
Region: CROSS-AUS
Collapse of infill wall panel
A blockwork infill wall panel approximately 4m wide and 9m high between two building collapsed in high winds.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 511
Region: CROSS-UK
Steelwork connection design
A reporter is concerned that on small domestic projects, steelwork fabricators are appointed who do not have the expertise to design connections or prepare fabrication drawings.
1 October 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 393
Region: CROSS-UK