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Local authority resources to check structural calculations
An aspect of local authority work that caused concern to a reporter was the lack of internal resources to check calculations.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 15
Region: CROSS-UK
Local authority checking
A reporter feels that many small consulting engineering companies rely on local authority building control departments to check their work in lieu of proper in-house quality control.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 41
Region: CROSS-UK
Checking at a price
In relation to the checking of calculations on behalf of local authorities for building regulation submissions a reporter is concerned about checking engineers who are paid very low hourly rates.
1 October 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 227
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
Incorrectly designed safety system
A reporter raises concerns about the way in which the structure for a safety system had been modelled using an inappropriate software package.
1 January 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 527
Region: CROSS-UK
Number of near misses and the regulatory regime
A reporter raises concerns about the number of investigations they are working on, or of which they are aware of.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 612
Region: CROSS-UK
Building control and budget limitations
A reporter is concerned that many local authorities do not seem to have the knowledge or impetus to address some technical issues even if the legislation is there for them as a course of action.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 389
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
Crane outrigger loads underestimated due to misuse of software
A reporter is concerned about how the misuse of software can lead to incorrect outrigger loads being used in the design of foundations for crane outriggers.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 915
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended ceiling replacement in high rise block
A reporter was involved in replacing a suspended ceiling after a few loose panels had fallen, resulting in a minor injury in one case.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 911
Region: CROSS-UK
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