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Overloading of existing steelwork frame
Inadequate structural investigations and design of alteration works leads to damage to multi-storey flats.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1033
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
Cladding subcontractor change of connection strategy led to failure
As part of their final design submission, a cladding subcontractor changed the connection strategy for their cladding system. The project structural engineer did not identify the design change and the cladding loading resulted in excessive deflection and some twisting of the primary perimeter steel.
21 August 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1189
Region: CROSS-UK
Actively seeking to identify hazards
A reporter investigating a near miss incident raises concerns that an active prompt to seek out hazards is not being undertaken on innovative construction design and methods.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 530
Region: CROSS-UK
Undermined bridge wing wall collapses
A masonry wing wall of a bridge collapsed and fell as a single section coming to rest against an adjacent pile after being undermined on site.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 577
Region: CROSS-UK
Lighting pole strikes live overhead cable
An excavator operator accidentally struck a live overhead cable during the installation of a lighting pole.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 605
Region: CROSS-UK
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