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Glued on stainless steel panels fall
A ceiling in a retail setting was designed to be faced with reflective finish panels. The contractor proposed stainless steel bonded to MDF with folded edges and concealed mechanical restraint. The designer overruled the contractor and selected an adhesive-only solution which was implemented. Some months later, several panels failed, with some stainless steel facings falling to the floor.
20 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1187
Region: CROSS-UK
Swimming pool ceiling collapses
A reporter writes about the collapses of two swimming pool ceilings due to failure of the fixings.
14 October 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 946
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended ceiling partial collapse
A reporter was asked to investigate a suspended ceiling, formed from a lay-in grid, that had partially collapsed in a school classroom.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 854
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
Fibrous plaster ceiling features
This recent report of a serious concern about an old fibrous plaster ceiling has similarities to the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse in London in December 2013.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 518
Region: CROSS-UK
Swimming pool ceiling partial collapse
Part of a ceiling above a swimming pool collapsed, injuring four people.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 426
Region: CROSS-UK
Non-structural roof soffit linings - failure
A reporter has observed the occurrence of compressed fibre cement sheets becoming dislodged from the soffit of several buildings in Australia.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 462
Region: CROSS-UK
Tension systems and post-drilled fixings
Lining failures occurred in the Boston (Big Dig) tunnel in 2006, in the Balcome rail tunnel in the UK in 2011 and in Japan’s Sasago tunnel (2012); all related to the use of unsuitable fixings.
1 March 2014
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Partial collapse of suspended ceiling
A section of suspended ceiling in a multi-storey building collapsed.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 304
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of recently installed suspended ceiling
Bingo players had a narrow escape when the ceiling of the hall in which they were playing collapsed.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 203
Region: CROSS-UK
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