Safety information search results
Filter your results
Building or structure type
Building height
Products
Project or lifecycle stage
Design
Operation or occupation
Fire incident response
Method of construction
Temporary works
Plant & equipment
Weather & natural hazards
Utilities
Safety reporting
Project delivery methods
Business practice
Risk management
Public incidents
Theme pages
Locations
Content type
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 4 (1)
- CROSS-AUS [sub-heading only] (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 26 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 31 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 32 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 36 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 43 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 56 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 57 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 65 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 67 (2)
- CROSS-UK [sub-heading only] (7)
- CROSS Newsletter (5)
- CROSS Safety Report (12)
- News [sub-heading only] (2)
CROSS regions
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
Inadequate design for basement works
An inadequate structural design for alterations to a basement led to structural distress within a substantial five-storey townhouse.
21 November 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1132
Region: CROSS-UK
Connection fixity considerations for steel frame modelling
This report concerns the modelling of joints when using computer programs. In some cases, engineers are applying rotational releases to joints in models but subsequently designing the connections as rigid. This leaves a fundamental mismatch between analysis and design which may lead to unsafe structural connections argues a reporter.
17 November 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1139
Region: CROSS-UK
Incompetent design of simple steel beams
This report concerns designs for simple steel beams submitted to building control bodies under Part A of the Building Regulations. The reporter, a checking engineer for a building control body, was not able to accept the effective length and restraints assumed in a number of submitted designs. Most originated from individuals who used proprietary structural design computer packages without, i...
24 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1183
Region: CROSS-UK
Further concerns about competence
A reporter raises concerns about competency, and the points raised demonstrate, says the reporter, a poor grasp first-principles on the part of many designers.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 339
Region: CROSS-UK
Compatibility at RC column to slab joint - strong column/weak slab
A reporter who was reviewing the structural design of a commercial building raises concerns over the compatibility at column/slab joints when different grades of concrete are used.
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 296
Region: CROSS-UK
Repeating the same design mistakes
A correspondent who investigates engineering failures has shared common errors which engineers keep repeating.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 858
Region: CROSS-UK
No structural design for steel portal frame building
A reporter is concerned that, in some cases, no structural design is carried out for steel portal framed buildings.
1 January 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 866
Region: CROSS-UK
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
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
Submit a report
Your report will make a difference. It will help to create positive change and improve safety.
Our secure and confidential safety reporting system gives professionals the opportunity to share their experiences to help others.