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Tower crane base designs
A reporter’s firm has been involved in the design and checking of numerous tower crane bases and have come across many examples where the supplier of the tower crane has supplied incorrect loadings. These incorrect loadings could have led to crane failures had the errors not been spotted.
7 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1093
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern that the structural design of some recent buildings may not have been checked
A reporter has become increasingly concerned that some buildings may be structurally non-compliant for a number of reasons.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1120
Region: CROSS-UK
Specification issue with steel hollow sections
A reporter raises concerns after their structural engineer had failed to specify the steel grade used in the design for hollow sections on two projects.
30 July 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1006
Region: CROSS-UK
The use of cast-in ferrules as structural connections
This report highlights several problems that can arise with structural connections between elements when cast-in ferrules (also known as threaded inserts) are used for the anchorage of reinforcing bars.
30 April 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 993
Region: CROSS-AUS
Structural stability/integrity of steel frame buildings
There are occasional collapses of steel frame structures during construction and this Alert is to draw attention to matters which need to be borne in mind by designers, fabricators, and contractors.
1 February 2017
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Accidental partial demolition of a beam
During a site visit, the permanent works design engineer noticed that hydro-demolition of the end of a floor supporting beam had taken place out of sequence. This introduced a pattern of bending moments and shear forces that were not considered in the original design.
6 April 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 855
Region: CROSS-UK
Steelwork connection design
A reporter was asked to design connections for a multi-storey building for which the frame had been designed by another engineer. The result was a near collapse situation.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 25
Region: CROSS-UK
Safety issues with composite metal deck floors
A contractor had a near miss when pouring a concrete slab with permanent formwork.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 288
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
Failure of waling beam connected to raking prop
A reporter discusses how they witnessed the failure of a temporary support for an excavation on site due to similar design issues discussed in CROSS report 298 (Props to large excavations).
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 813
Region: CROSS-UK
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