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Use of proprietary element beyond stated values
After the construction of a 6m high lighting frame, the contractor noticed that the frame was both twisting and deflecting excessively under wind loading.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 667
Region: CROSS-UK
Scaffold support overturns
A 5m high support scaffold screened with fabric overturned when airflow was introduced to a building.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 575
Region: CROSS-UK
Cantilevered brickwork - fatal collapse during construction
A blade of 270mm cavity brickwork in a temporary condition fell and killed a bricklayer after sixteen scaffold planks were leant against the wall on the side remote from the bricklayer.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 476
Region: CROSS-UK
Lack of lateral stability in steel frame
Concerns were raised after the steel frame of a building was found to have a lack of horizontal and vertical bracing.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 540
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate structural design of school extension
On review of a design for a school extension, a reporter noted several major issues including an almost total lack of vertical bracing throughout the extension.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 597
Region: CROSS-UK
Timber roof truss bracing problem
Lateral movement of the roof tiles on a two-storey mid-terrace house built approximately 35 years ago with a trussed rafter roof led to the discovery of broken bracing.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 354
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
Add-on timber trussed roof to flat roof causes failure
A reporter discusses how, while visiting a property for an unrelated matter, they spotted something odd about the roof; the gable had bulged at one end and movement had clearly occurred.
1 October 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 742
Region: CROSS-UK
Fabrication different from design drawings
A reporter shares their experience of how a propping design they had undertaken was fabricated and installed but not in accordance with the design drawings.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 513
Region: CROSS-UK
Safety concern about the design of thin concrete walls
The reporter raises their concern about the design of thin concrete load-bearing walls, sometimes supporting 10 or more storeys.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 815
Region: CROSS-AUS