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Inability of roller shutter doors to resist wind pressures
Concerns are raised after two sets of roller shutter doors failed within weeks of installation at winds far below the design pressures.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 663
Region: CROSS-UK
Storm Barbara - loose and insecure parapet copings
A section of a roof parapet coping on a new school had been blown onto the roof of the school, having come loose from its fixing.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 636
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern over the quality of steel fabrication for street furniture
The reporter is concerned about the quality and maintenance of welded fabricated steel structures used in street signs and other street furniture.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 801
Region: CROSS-AUS
Safety concern about the design of thin concrete walls
The reporter raises their concern about the design of thin concrete load-bearing walls, sometimes supporting 10 or more storeys.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 815
Region: CROSS-AUS
Fixing brackets for glazing systems
A reporter's organisation has been alerted to several cases of broken glass panels in a canopy at a transportation facility.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 802
Region: CROSS-UK
High winds cause masonry parapet failure
A reporter highlights how exceptionally strong winds caused a fourth-floor level masonry parapet wall with a 1.7m high timber fencing on top of it to collapse.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 803
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure to maintain roof drainage during re-roof leads to ponding stability collapse
A roof collapsed while the building’s roofing membrane was being replaced.
1 March 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 864
Region: CROSS-US
Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete roof planks - sharing experiences
A reporter has surveyed a number of buildings with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) roof planks and wants to share their experiences to help others.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 874
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Rotting of cross-laminated timber (CLT) roof panels
This report highlights how a reporter discovered rotted CLT roof panels during the investigation of a roof that had been leaking for a few years.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 852
Region: CROSS-UK
Near miss when modifying brickwork
A reporter’s experience of creating a new door opening in an existing brick wall on the first floor of an old building is not always as simple as it would appear.
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 847
Region: CROSS-AUS