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Steelwork splices do not match design calculations
Remedial works had to be carried out after it was found that steelwork splices on site did not match calculations which were retrospectively provided by a contractor.
29 March 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 916
Region: CROSS-UK
Undermining shallow foundations
A reporter raises concerns about the tendency for existing shallow footings to be exposed and possibly undermined when adding extensions to older properties.
1 July 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 196
Region: CROSS-UK
Issues with lifting large glazing unit
Inadequate instructions were provided by a glazing pane supplier on how to lift and move their product off of a truck and onto the works.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 176
Region: CROSS-UK
Role of approved inspectors
A reporter whose firm is involved in a partially built project worth £6m, where there is defective work and the builder has gone into liquidation, raises concerns over the role of the approved inspector.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 205
Region: CROSS-UK
Defect on site deliberately covered up
A reporter shares an experience they had whilst working for a contractor as an assistant site engineer and provides evidence of the risks associated with the reliance on self-certification of construction.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 217
Region: CROSS-UK
Risk in notching timber studs
During the construction of a block of apartments a reporter found a couple of locations on an external fourth floor wall where the load-bearing studs had been notched well past permissible depths.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 209
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
Need for licensed builders
A reporter feels certain building work should only be carried out by licensed qualified builders.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 214
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern about bridge hangers
A reporter is concerned that a failure in recent years involving the cast connections at each end of vertical bars, which connected to a bow string arch at one end and to a bridge deck at the other, may be in use elsewhere.
1 July 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 222
Region: CROSS-UK
Structural assessments of multi-storey car parks
The parking industry has in recent years (2012) seen several MSCPs closed due to structural fears, says a reporter, which begs the question how close were they to structural failure before they were taken out of service?
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 224
Region: CROSS-UK
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