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Coliseum failure
This is a legacy case study of the 1978 collapse of the roof of the Hartford Coliseum in Hartford, Connecticut.
1 March 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 892
Region: CROSS-US
Collapsed scaffolding
A reporter highlights how, following modest levels of snow fall in the winter, scaffolding erected in order to support a temporary roof collapsed inwards.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 730
Region: CROSS-UK
Building extension causes snow drifting failure
The reporter feels that structural engineers are failing to realise the implications of creating a valley or an upstand and the potential for snow drift to occur.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 736
Region: CROSS-UK
Elliot Lake mall collapse
In June 2012 part of the roof of a thirty two year old Mall in Ontario, Canada collapsed killing two people and injuring nineteen.
1 December 2014
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Snow sliding off industrial building roofs
A lean-to roof at lower level than the main roof of a large industrial building collapsed and ground level equipment was damaged due to a sliding snow.
1 October 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 438
Region: CROSS-UK
Loading from solar panels
A reporter inspected a roof to discover that the structure was already overloaded with the self weight of the roof covering without the addition of solar panels.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 280
Region: CROSS-UK
PV solar panels
This reporter queries whether enough attention is being paid to the loads applied by PV (Photo Voltaic) solar panels added to roofs.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 266
Region: CROSS-UK
Solar panels and effect on snow slides from roofs
A reporter writes in connection with report 246, which discussed dangerous snow slides from buildings, and asks if any of the roofs had solar panels?
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 269
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern about PV installations
A reporter who has been pricing PV installations for portal frames would like to draw the attention of CROSS to concerns regarding issues that are emerging within the industry.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 287
Region: CROSS-UK
School roof timber truss collapse
A gym/assembly hall roof to a school collapsed suddenly and without warning overnight when fortunately the building was unoccupied.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 249
Region: CROSS-UK
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