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Contractor notches steel transfer beam
A transfer beam with 50mm thick flanges supporting a four-storey building was notched, without approval from the design engineer, to accommodate suspended ceiling fixings.
29 March 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 829
Region: CROSS-UK
Poor quality design leads to failure for a small design and build contract
An example of a small design and build contract where poor design and management led to an inadequate structure being built.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1088
Region: CROSS-UK
Steelwork connection design
A reporter was asked to design connections for a multi-storey building for which the frame had been designed by another engineer. The result was a near collapse situation.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 25
Region: CROSS-UK
Effect of staff change on a design
A reporter illustrates how risk can be generated from staff turnover.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 277
Region: CROSS-UK
Stability of tenants' mezzanine
A reporter is concerned about structures where cold-rolled sections depend upon the chipboard for their lateral torsional restraint, and to act as a horizontal diaphragm.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 378
Region: CROSS-UK
Fabrication issues with imported steelwork truss in Australia
A reporter raises concerns after a steel truss had significant defects and deflected after erection requiring rectification.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 390
Region: CROSS-UK
Proprietary software for cantilevers
A reporter discovered an error in a proprietary software program.
1 October 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 391
Region: CROSS-UK
Quick and cheap design calculations
A reporter raises concerns about poor design calculation being provided through a website at a very low price.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 411
Region: CROSS-UK
Contractor varies structural design intention
A reporter was made aware by the building owner of an unauthorised structural alteration that had been made on site.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 420
Region: CROSS-UK
Computer analysis and slab design twisting moments
A reporter has noticed on many occasions when checking reinforced concrete and post-tensioned slab designs that engineers often neglect to consider twisting moments when arriving at slab design moments.
1 October 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 441
Region: CROSS-UK
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