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'Design' for alterations to a dwelling carried out by an unsuitable person
A reporter was called upon to review a design for the removal of a loadbearing wall during the refurbishment of a residence. A builder was already on site but had stopped work since they considered the engineering design to be unsatisfactory and the structural designer was not responding to their queries. The reporter found that the structural design being followed was far from competent.
21 August 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1236
Region: CROSS-UK
Wall collapse during house demolition
A reporter describes how poor demolition practice resulted in a wall falling onto a neighbouring property.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 608
Region: CROSS-UK
Padstones out of position leads to collapse
This report concerns the partial collapse of a terrace of four storey houses during construction due to padstones being placed incorrectly.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 602
Region: CROSS-UK
Lack of method statements on domestic projects
A reporter has observed that where an opening is being formed on domestic properties for, say a rear extension, that the builders tend to remove the masonry and follow up with the temporary propping.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 757
Region: CROSS-UK
Near miss when modifying brickwork
A reporter’s experience of creating a new door opening in an existing brick wall on the first floor of an old building is not always as simple as it would appear.
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 847
Region: CROSS-AUS
Propping of post-tensioned slabs during construction
A reporter raises their concerns after an infill slab strip was not poured in time which resulted in overloading of the slab below during a concrete pour.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 873
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of a reinforcing cage
The reinforcing cage to a blade pier for an overpass bridge collapsed without warning when nearing completion.
1 August 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 941
Region: CROSS-AUS
Post-tensioned slab failure during tendon stressing operations
A reporter disseminates the lessons learned after the end of a slab burst while stressing the tendons in a post-tensioned concrete slab.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 882
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous substitution of lintels on domestic projects
This report highlights the structural risk of substituting lintels during domestic projects without approval from the design engineer.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 889
Region: CROSS-UK