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Freezing splits galvanised SHS columns
Concerns were raised after several square hollow section members split vertically on a partially complete construction site.
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 253
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow loads on agricultural buildings in Scotland
The reporter raises concerns that the snow loading situation with regards to agricultural buildings (in Scotland) and perhaps all buildings may require review.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 248
Region: CROSS-UK
Litigation on divided responsibilities
Divided design responsibilities, says a reporter, are a common source of litigation.
1 January 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 229
Region: CROSS-UK
Do current regulations apply when repairing older buildings?
A 19th century three story mill was subject to a fire which resulted in the sudden collapse of part of the interior structure.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 212
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
Split responsibilities on temporary bracing of steelwork
A contractor removed temporary bracing on site prior to the structure being in a permanent stable state.
1 July 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 204
Region: CROSS-UK
Overloading a portal frame with suspended services
A reporter designing a single storey portal frame used a standard roof service loading of 0.25kN/m2. After the project was completed, a tenant for the unit took over fit out and added a considerable amount of sprinkler pipework into the roof. This created local overloading.
21 August 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1195
Region: CROSS-UK
Incorrectly installed tension control bolts could have led to serious consequences
A reporter finds incorrectly installed system HRC preload bolt assemblies, better known as tension control bolts, during a site inspection of a new highway bridge over a railway. The incorrectly fitted bolts could have had major structural implications, and led to other safety risks, if the installation error had not been spotted.
24 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1196
Region: CROSS-UK
Structural stability/integrity of steel frame buildings
There are occasional collapses of steel frame structures during construction and this Alert is to draw attention to matters which need to be borne in mind by designers, fabricators, and contractors.
1 February 2017
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Further example of incorrect finite element modelling
Concerns in respect of the sufficiency of finite element modelling of masonry walls as part of a reinforced concrete framed building.
20 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1145
Region: CROSS-UK