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Failure of pile load test arrangement
A pile was being load-tested, for confirmation of design pile loads for the foundations of a road bridge, when the web of the deep steel beam used in the testing arrangement buckled.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 484
Region: CROSS-UK
Freeze and thaw of another RHS
Further to reports about the freezing of water in hollow sections a correspondent has sent photos of a section of mild steel RHS that was removed from a bridge and shows the bulging that can occur.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 485
Region: CROSS-UK
Importance of bearings
A reporter is concerned that the long-term characteristics and behaviour of bearings are often underestimated.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 387
Region: CROSS-UK
Emergency motorway lane closure during concrete repairs
This report highlights how confusion during concrete repair works led to an unplanned emergency lane closure of a bridge carrying a motorway.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 926
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
Spalling concrete falling from motorway bridge
A major infrastructure owner reports on how an incident occurred at a motorway overbridge resulting in a piece of spalling concrete falling onto the carriageway and striking a vehicle.
1 October 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 524
Region: CROSS-UK
Fall of material from bridge soffit
Several reports about materials falling from bridges have been sent by a bridge owner.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 549
Region: CROSS-UK
Deflection of bridge girder under load
A report was received from a bridge examiner to say outer main girder of a short span railway bridge was moving up to 30mm under load.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 557
Region: CROSS-UK
Defects found in previously repaired bridge
While carrying out strengthening work on a bridge, there was concern that by removing the non-structural encasement, alternative load paths had been removed.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 564
Region: CROSS-UK
Structures at risk from scour and erosion
Following some recent structural failures, a reporter is concerned that asset owners may not fully realise risks associated with scour and erosion.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 617
Region: CROSS-UK