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Specification issue with steel hollow sections
A reporter raises concerns after their structural engineer had failed to specify the steel grade used in the design for hollow sections on two projects.
30 July 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1006
Region: CROSS-UK
Professional indemnity insurance issues raise safety concerns
Several reporters have raised concerns in relation to significant cost increases and the introduction of new restrictions on professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies.
13 August 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1022
Region: CROSS-UK
Safety issues when adding PV panels to existing roofs
A reporter raises concerns over the lack of structural engineering knowledge and dangerous assumptions, that they have seen, in assessments for the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels for a number of buildings.
13 December 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1015
Region: CROSS-UK
Checking structural calculations
A reporter worked for a small consultancy as a graduate structural engineer where their calculations were never checked.
3 August 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 816
Region: CROSS-UK
Punching shear design spreadsheets
This is a technical note from a reporter about the methods their firm uses for punching shear design because there was concern about punching shear design spreadsheets possibly leading to potentially unsafe situations. .
28 March 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 830
Region: CROSS-UK
Inquiry into the construction of Edinburgh Schools
This Alert deals with the aftermath of the collapse of part the outer skin of a cavity wall at Oxgangs Primary School Edinburgh on 29th January 2016 in high winds.
1 February 2017
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Lessons learned from the 2018 Florida bridge collapse during construction
This was a bridge of an unusual design and was being constructed in an unusual manner. The main 53m pre-stressed pre-cast concrete span truss was in position when cracks appeared at a node and over a period of almost three weeks they visibly worsened until collapse occurred.
1 December 2020
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Has the role of building control changed?
A reporter raises a query about the role of Building Control.
5 September 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 810
Region: CROSS-UK
Steelwork splices do not match design calculations
Remedial works had to be carried out after it was found that steelwork splices on site did not match calculations which were retrospectively provided by a contractor.
29 March 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 916
Region: CROSS-UK
Concerns over robustness of some 20 year old buildings
Concerns about the robustness of several two-storey buildings dating from the early 2000s.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1051
Region: CROSS-UK