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Accidental partial demolition of a beam
During a site visit, the permanent works design engineer noticed that hydro-demolition of the end of a floor supporting beam had taken place out of sequence. This introduced a pattern of bending moments and shear forces that were not considered in the original design.
6 April 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 855
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of prestressed hollowcore units during storage and transport
A reporter shares their experience of the failure of prestressed hollowcore units during storage and transport.
1 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 748
Region: CROSS-UK
Waterproofing exposed concrete slabs
This report highlights that water ingress into buildings continues to be a problem and discusses the role of the structural engineer when dealing with waterproofing of exposed concrete slabs. It shows how this can be achieved by careful design and detailing of the reinforced concrete structure and by close collaboration of all parties involved.
25 November 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 959
Region: CROSS-AUS
Concern over modelling of concrete frame building for construction stage
Independent check shows inadequate modelling of concrete frame building with transfer slab.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1073
Region: CROSS-UK
Continuously threaded reinforcing bar
This report highlights the difficulty of inspecting continuously threaded reinforcing bars to ensure that they have been adequately inserted into the cast-in ferrules.
2 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1074
Region: CROSS-AUS
Further example of incorrect finite element modelling
Concerns in respect of the sufficiency of finite element modelling of masonry walls as part of a reinforced concrete framed building.
20 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1145
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of Large Panel System (LPS) buildings during demolition
In 2009, numerous progressive and unexpected collapses occurred during the demolition of Large Panel System (LPS) tower blocks.
1 April 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 186
Region: CROSS-UK
Large Panel System (LPS) building structural refurbishment issues
A reporter from a firm of consulting engineers’ comments on his experiences when refurbishing 1960s Large Panel Structure (LPS) buildings around 2000.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 201
Region: CROSS-UK
Permanent formwork to slabs
Concerns are raised over deflection issues that are not being considered when using permanent formwork.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 215
Region: CROSS-UK
Thermal effects on long span concrete car park beams
A reporter describes how long span precast hollow core units in a car park started to bow upwards due to thermal effects.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 173
Region: CROSS-UK
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