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Incorrect modelling of a cantilever
A steel framed building was incorrectly modelled and designed resulting in excessive deflection of part of the frame even before the frame was loaded with the self-weight of the building.
17 November 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1144
Region: CROSS-UK
Building regulations submissions
This report has been written on behalf of a group of senior local government structural engineers who refer to previous CROSS newsletters and in particular the reports relating to the poor quality of building regulation submissions and lack of checking resources.
1 July 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 65
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
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
Failure to check designs produced by software
Concerns were raised about a proprietary design software after a building control officer noticed a regular error appearing while checking calculations provided to them.
1 January 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 538
Region: CROSS-UK
Columns missing due to 3D modelling
A new eight storey residential concrete frame building was being constructed and several columns were omitted from the ground and first floor level drawings, says a reporter.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 614
Region: CROSS-UK
Further concerns about competence
A reporter raises concerns about competency, and the points raised demonstrate, says the reporter, a poor grasp first-principles on the part of many designers.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 339
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
Light steel truss issues
A reporter believes that greater awareness is needed of deficiencies in the light steel truss industry (trusses made from cold-formed steel sections).
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 817
Region: CROSS-AUS
Poor quality of structural design on high-rise buildings
The correspondent has been very concerned about the quality of structural engineering on some projects in recent years, particularly for certain high-rise buildings.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 823
Region: CROSS-AUS