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Rotting of rafters likely due to spray foam insulation
Rafters had rotted in areas to 40-50% of their original depth due to spray foam insulation having been installed some years previously, says a reporter.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 503
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of precast concrete cover slab to circular shaft
A reporter describes how several precast concrete cover slab units collapsed shortly after being installed.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 505
Region: CROSS-UK
Roof constructed without structural input
A reporter wants to highlight the problem of builders working off plans provided by an architect or surveyor and assuming that section sizes shown on their drawings are structurally adequate.
1 January 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 515
Region: CROSS-UK
Flaws with partial encasements around steel columns
A structural assessment found that steel columns encased in concrete to mid-storey height were heavily corroded directly above the top of the encasements.
1 January 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 517
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate of biomass fuel stores
A reporter raises concerns over designs they have come across for biomass storage structures where the appropriate lateral loads have not been considered.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 512
Region: CROSS-UK
Fabrication different from design drawings
A reporter shares their experience of how a propping design they had undertaken was fabricated and installed but not in accordance with the design drawings.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 513
Region: CROSS-UK
Estuary bridge - failure of stainless steel tie bars
Concerns were raised after a principal inspection of a bridge found that numerous tie bars connecting the original bridge to strengthened footways had failed.
1 October 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 522
Region: CROSS-UK
Mobile scaffold tower falls 7 storeys
A mobile tower, which was not being used, toppled over the guardrail and fell 7 storeys (27m) to the ground.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 436
Region: CROSS-UK
Mobile message board in strong wind
A reporter raises concerns over mobile message boards adjacent to motorways after one moved into the motorway lane in windy conditions.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 437
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of pile load test arrangement
A pile was being load-tested, for confirmation of design pile loads for the foundations of a road bridge, when the web of the deep steel beam used in the testing arrangement buckled.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 484
Region: CROSS-UK