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Ceiling collapse in an educational building
A suspended ceiling in a large teaching hall collapsed days before the official opening of a new educational building.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 100
Region: CROSS-UK
Acoustic ceiling collapse in cinema
A reporter writes about the failure of a mass barrier acoustic ceiling at a cinema complex in a major UK city a few years ago.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 101
Region: CROSS-UK
Ceiling collapse in cinema
A reporter discusses a recent ceiling collapse (2008 report) at a multi-plex cinema in a major city.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 102
Region: CROSS-UK
Ceiling collapse in cinema due to fixing failures
A number of fixings of a ceiling support system pulled out setting up a cascade reaction such that the whole ceiling fell down.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 103
Region: CROSS-UK
School ceiling collapse
Five years after installation a school ceiling suddenly collapsed, pulling the original ceiling and battens with it. The collapse affected virtually the full extent of one classroom.
1 July 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 130
Region: CROSS-UK
Rendered ceiling failure
This report relates to a failure of a false ceiling below a precast concrete floor.
1 January 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 149
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended granite ceiling collapse
This report is in relation to the selection of fixings for a suspended ceiling of granite which collapsed in the entrance area of a new office building due to failures of the fixings.
1 January 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 148
Region: CROSS-UK
Partial collapse of suspended ceiling
A section of suspended ceiling in a multi-storey building collapsed.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 304
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of recently installed suspended ceiling
Bingo players had a narrow escape when the ceiling of the hall in which they were playing collapsed.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 203
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended ceiling partial collapse
A reporter was asked to investigate a suspended ceiling, formed from a lay-in grid, that had partially collapsed in a school classroom.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 854
Region: CROSS-UK
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