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Alteration of calculations on constructed loft conversion
A reporter says they were pressurised to adjust structural design calculations to pass a building control check.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 580
Region: CROSS-UK
Square Hollow Section (SHS) expansion due to freezing
A reporter has come across problems in British Columbia (temp range -30 degrees to +40 degrees) of cracking to square hollow sections (SHS) due to the ingress of water and freezing.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 641
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
Unconnected steel beam connection
A reporter describes how they came across a completely inadequate steel connection while attending site for another matter.
1 October 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 646
Region: CROSS-UK
Late detection of flange/web splitting on steel beam
A reporter noticed a crack at the interface between the flange and web for a chord member in a steel truss while it was being loaded on to a delivery truck.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 680
Region: CROSS-UK
Poor quality of construction and lack of supervision on a block of flats
Concerns are raised over poor quality construction and a lack of supervision on a residential block of flats.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 672
Region: CROSS-UK
Architect conducts structural design of sway frame for domestic project
A reporter looked at a project recently where the drawings had been produced by the architect, including a structural design.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 678
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous modification during construction of five storey block of flats
A reporter was asked to investigate a five storey timber framed block of flats after the leaseholder of the top floor reported gaps appearing between oak floorboards.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 699
Region: CROSS-UK
Serious safety failings of high level lattice girder walkways
A reporter discusses extremely serious safety failings with the construction of two new high level lattice girder walkways in the fly tower of a theatre.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 697
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