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Non compliant guard rails on high rise apartment buildings after modification
A reporter is seeing many high rise apartment buildings having balcony and walkway decks replaced and, in some instances, the increased height of the decks has resulted in the guard rails being less than 1100mm high meaning they are no longer compliant.
20 February 2024
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1221
Region: CROSS-UK
Safety issues associated with balconies
This Alert draws attention to the safety risks associated with balconies, both new and existing. It draws on confidential reporting experience from the UK, from Australia, New Zealand and from the USA.
17 February 2022
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Risks associated with historic stone balconies
A reporter highlights the structural issues of a stone balcony they encountered when working on a Grade II listed terrace house.
13 December 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1001
Region: CROSS-UK
Misleading instructions for a structural component
A reporter confirms the difficulty encountered whilst endeavouring to ensure cast-in insulated connectors supporting a parapet wall and balustrade were properly fixed.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1127
Region: CROSS-UK
Unsafe design of retrofit cantilever balconies
A structural assessment of a number of new balconies being added to an existing building revealed critical concerns in respect of fixings back into the existing brickwork.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1128
Region: CROSS-UK
Loading on balconies
A reporter wrote on behalf of a professional committee to draw attention to a concern about part of a conversion project that had come to their attention.
1 July 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 52
Region: CROSS-UK
Glass panel fixings failure
A local authority reports how a double-laminated glass panel measuring approximately 1mx1.5m fell from a first floor balcony, striking four people who were standing on the ground floor.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 182
Region: CROSS-UK
Balcony construction defects of residential flats
A reporter's firm have been undertaking structural assessments of cantilevered reinforced concrete walkways, which in the majority of cases have been found to be under strength.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 435
Region: CROSS-UK
Further issues with freezing and galvanised hollow sections
A reporter was involved in correcting a cold formed galvanised square hollow section (SHS) four storey balcony structure where longitudinal splits formed in at least two of the four columns.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 314
Region: CROSS-UK
Unauthorised alterations to Light Gauge Steel Framing on site
Concerns were raised after Light Gauge Steel Framing (LGSF) acting as a structural system was trimmed locally on site to accommodate the installation of balcony brackets without approval from the design team.
1 July 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 669
Region: CROSS-UK
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