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The inadequate substitution of lintels led to them buckling, and the surrounding masonry cracking.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 50
Region: CROSS-UK
Scottish tenements
A reporter raises concerns about carrying out alterations to old tenement buildings in Scotland.
1 July 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 26
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of a gable wall
Part of a gable wall to a fairly recently constructed block of flats collapsed onto a parked car which suffered significant damage.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 92
Region: CROSS-UK
Fire evacuation concerns from large panel system tower blocks
A reporter highlights concerns about how alterations to a large panel system (LPS) roof may affect any evacuations from the rooftop by helicopter rescues.
1 April 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 160
Region: CROSS-UK
Metal cladding panels blowing in the wind
A local authority was called to investigate a dangerous structure where metal cladding panels on the 10th floor of a student accommodation block were flapping in high winds.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 461
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended ceiling replacement in high rise block
A reporter was involved in replacing a suspended ceiling after a few loose panels had fallen, resulting in a minor injury in one case.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 911
Region: CROSS-UK
Disproportionate collapse assessment of large panel system buildings
A reporter has become concerned by the approach being taken by some engineers to assess the risk of disproportionate collapse due to fire in large panel system (LPS) buildings.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 885
Region: CROSS-UK
Polyethylene core cladding panels on a high-rise building
A reporter has raised concerns based on a past visit to a residential tower block in 2011 that had a similar type of rainscreen panel to the one used on the Grenfell Tower.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 682
Region: CROSS-UK
Unsafe removal of internal walls
A reporter was requested to advise on the removal of some internal walls in a decades’ old multi storey block of council flats after they were removed.
1 October 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 714
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous glass infill panels on balustrade
A reporter has expressed their concern about the structural stability of cantilever glass infill panels between a steel post and handrail balustrade system at a high-level apartment block.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 741
Region: CROSS-UK
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