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Light steel truss issues
A reporter believes that greater awareness is needed of deficiencies in the light steel truss industry (trusses made from cold-formed steel sections).
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 817
Region: CROSS-AUS
Concrete grade confusion in software
A reporter noticed that the design calculation report generated by a proprietary software package called for ‘concrete characteristic strength = 45N/mm2’, but did not confirm whether this refers to the cylinder or cube strength.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 788
Region: CROSS-UK
Poor quality of structural design on high-rise buildings
The correspondent has been very concerned about the quality of structural engineering on some projects in recent years, particularly for certain high-rise buildings.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 823
Region: CROSS-AUS
Proprietary software for cantilevers
A reporter discovered an error in a proprietary software program.
1 October 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 391
Region: CROSS-UK
Quick and cheap design calculations
A reporter raises concerns about poor design calculation being provided through a website at a very low price.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 411
Region: CROSS-UK
Computer analysis and slab design twisting moments
A reporter has noticed on many occasions when checking reinforced concrete and post-tensioned slab designs that engineers often neglect to consider twisting moments when arriving at slab design moments.
1 October 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 441
Region: CROSS-UK
Post-fixed RC anchors - assumptions lead to unsafe design
A reporter raises concerns that engineers may be using post-fixed anchors without complying with the manufacturer's guidance or ensuring that their design assumptions are applicable.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 443
Region: CROSS-UK
Unconservative design of flat slab due to software modelling issues
A reporter discusses how a design/modelling problem caused an under-designed reinforced concrete (RC) slab to be constructed.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 886
Region: CROSS-UK
Coliseum failure
This is a legacy case study of the 1978 collapse of the roof of the Hartford Coliseum in Hartford, Connecticut.
1 March 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 892
Region: CROSS-US
Crane outrigger loads underestimated due to misuse of software
A reporter is concerned about how the misuse of software can lead to incorrect outrigger loads being used in the design of foundations for crane outriggers.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 915
Region: CROSS-UK