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Safety of structures in the climate emergency
In the current climate emergency and the race to achieve zero emissions, we must ensure our structures remain safe as we develop and implement any climate-motivated innovation or change of approach.
Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (CROSS-UK)
Read about how we have improved CROSS-UK and expanded its remit to include reporting on fire safety.
CROSS for fire safety
Neil Gibbins discusses CROSS’s expansion into fire safety and the benefits that this will bring to the fire safety sector.
CROSS-UK Newsletter 61
The first Newsletter from CROSS-UK following the expansion into fire safety.
The risk of collapse of multi-storey CLT buildings during a fire
A reporter presents concerns about the fire safety of multi-storey buildings comprised of cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures.
Lessons learned from the 2018 Florida bridge collapse during construction
This was a bridge of an unusual design and was being constructed in an unusual manner. The main 53m pre-stressed pre-cast concrete span truss was in position when cracks appeared at a node and over a period of almost three weeks they visibly worsened until collapse occurred.
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