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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
Concrete half joints
Poor reinforcement detailing and installation in a half joint led to the collapse of a series of beams and precast concrete slabs.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 88
Region: CROSS-UK
Correct uses of concrete spacers
A reporter raises concerns about how concrete strip spacers are being installed on some construction sites.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 321
Region: CROSS-UK
Missing rebar identified prior to concrete slab pour
A reporter describes how they often encounter issues such as missing reinforcement while carrying out pre-pour inspections.
1 January 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 310
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of precast concrete cover slab to circular shaft
A reporter describes how several precast concrete cover slab units collapsed shortly after being installed.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 505
Region: CROSS-UK
Balcony construction defects of residential flats
A reporter's firm have been undertaking structural assessments of cantilevered reinforced concrete walkways, which in the majority of cases have been found to be under strength.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 435
Region: CROSS-UK
Unconservative design of flat slab due to software modelling issues
A reporter discusses how a design/modelling problem caused an under-designed reinforced concrete (RC) slab to be constructed.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 886
Region: CROSS-UK
Overloading metal decking in temporary state
During construction of steel structures with composite metal decking floors, a reporter has observed numerous occasions when the metal decking was close to being overloaded.
1 August 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 919
Region: CROSS-AUS
Missing punching shear reinforcement in concrete slabs
A reporter raises concerns of how two separate engineers observed the omission of design punching shear reinforcement prior to slab pours being undertaken on two different sites.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 906
Region: CROSS-UK
Emergency motorway lane closure during concrete repairs
This report highlights how confusion during concrete repair works led to an unplanned emergency lane closure of a bridge carrying a motorway.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 926
Region: CROSS-UK
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