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Another example of brick slips falling from height
Another example of defective brick slips falling from the facade of a building.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1081
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of cantilevered stone staircase
During the renovation and change-of-use conversion of a former minor stately home built around 1830, under pedestrian loading, a ‘cantilevered’ stone staircase partially collapsed without warning.
21 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1147
Region: CROSS-UK
Responsibility for change
The inadequate substitution of lintels led to them buckling, and the surrounding masonry cracking.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 50
Region: CROSS-UK
Wind damage to gable wall
Following request for examples of wind damage this collapse was reported of the external brick skin of gable wall of a two storey timber frame terraced house.
1 April 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 78
Region: CROSS-UK
Aerated concrete slabs
A reporter discusses the failure of precast reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) slabs during construction.
1 October 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 55
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Culvert roof slab failure
A culvert, which carries a river under a busy main road, partially collapsed.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 97
Region: CROSS-UK
Acoustic ceiling collapse in cinema
A reporter writes about the failure of a mass barrier acoustic ceiling at a cinema complex in a major UK city a few years ago.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 101
Region: CROSS-UK
Ceiling collapse in cinema due to fixing failures
A number of fixings of a ceiling support system pulled out setting up a cascade reaction such that the whole ceiling fell down.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 103
Region: CROSS-UK
Car park mesh barriers
A reporter is concerned that barrier systems that do not comply with the current standards may be used in car parks throughout Britain.
1 October 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 120
Region: CROSS-UK
Deadly retaining wall
A blockwork retaining wall, about 2.5 metres high suddenly collapsed causing a fatality.
1 July 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 134
Region: CROSS-UK
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