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Concerns over execution class categorisation of steel pedestrian bridge

A reporter is concerned in respect of the steelwork execution class, and quality management arrangements, applied to the construction of a public access pedestrian bridge.

21 November 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1149

Region: CROSS-UK

COVID-19 and the impact on construction quality

A reporter is concerned that during the Covid lockdowns, there may have been work done without adequate independent supervision.

17 November 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 967

Region: CROSS-UK

Control of temporary works excavation

Poor, high-water content excavated material, slipped into a 15-20m deep borrow pit. The material had slipped to the bottom of the pit partially burying excavation, crushing and screening equipment. If this slip had occurred during working hours, the impact could have been very serious.

17 November 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1146

Region: CROSS-UK

Missing elements from 3D modelling

A reporter shares their experience on how their team consistently discover missing elements when they erect lattice towers and masts that have been 3D modelled.

5 September 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 792

Region: CROSS-UK

Stone cladding panel concerns

A reporter is concerned in respect of the risk of failure of stone cladding panels.

9 August 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1069

Region: CROSS-UK

Roof collapse at a social club

This is a report about a roof collapse that occurred, in about 1985, because only half as many parallel faced timber roof trusses were installed as there should have been.

30 June 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 942

Region: CROSS-UK

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Poor quality design leads to failure for a small design and build contract

An example of a small design and build contract where poor design and management led to an inadequate structure being built.

6 June 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1088

Region: CROSS-UK

Object rolling into live carriageway

A disc of concrete rolled from a construction area onto a live carriageway, colliding with a passing vehicle.

6 June 2022

Report ID: 1089

Region: CROSS-UK

Unsafe working platform

A reporter came across an access platform supported next to an excavated foundation with unstable sides while carrying out an inspection on site.

10 March 2022

CROSS Safety Report

Report ID: 1019

Region: CROSS-UK

The management of design related risks: structural, civil and fire engineers

Significant, and tragic, failures involving structures continue to occur: fires in apartment blocks in Milan, London and Taiwan, and structural collapses in Florida and Nigeria being recent examples. This paper gives emphasis to the need for engineers to consider risk management at a fundamental level.

15 December 2021

CROSS Safety Alert

Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US