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Demolition risks
This report is about the collapse of a flat slab building that occurred overseas whilst the top floor of the building was being demolished onto the next floor down.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 96
Region: CROSS-UK
Steelwork connection design
A reporter was asked to design connections for a multi-storey building for which the frame had been designed by another engineer. The result was a near collapse situation.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 25
Region: CROSS-UK
Responsibilities for hybrid concrete construction
Concerns are raised after a substantial precast element, weighing over 10t, had been placed in position and used as part of the shuttering for an in-situ pour without it being designed to act as a shutter.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 574
Region: CROSS-UK
Concrete encasement falls from bridge girder
Concerns were raised after sections of concrete from the bottom flange of a single encased girder became detached and fell onto an operational line.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 559
Region: CROSS-UK
GRP panels as permanent shuttering
A reporter highlights problems that were encountered when Glassfibre Reinforced Plastic (GRP) panels were used as permanent formwork on a highway construction project.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 342
Region: CROSS-UK
Falsework collapse during slab pour in SE Asia
There was a partial collapse of falsework on a project in Southeast Asia.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 337
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
Inadequate end bearings for transfer beams
Whilst advising a steel fabricator on tendering for a transfer structure steel frame, a reporter's firm noticed a serious design error with the bearing pressures at the supports of a transfer beam.
1 October 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 644
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate billets used in precast concrete connections
Whilst completing a third-party design appraisal, a correspondent found that solid steel billets intended to form the primary shear transfer mechanism between concrete beams and columns were insufficient for this purpose.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 705
Region: CROSS-UK
Quality of design and construction of a major bridge structure
This report concerns the design and installation of the bridge bearing zones on a new prestressed precast concrete viaduct.
1 October 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 781
Region: CROSS-UK