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Swimming pool ceiling collapses
A reporter writes about the collapses of two swimming pool ceilings due to failure of the fixings.
14 October 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 946
Region: CROSS-UK
Deterioration of walkable sandwich panel ceilings
A reporter has raised concern about a complex and potentially far-reaching concern about unseen progressive deterioration in sandwich ceiling panels that have mineral wool lamella cores.
1 October 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 54
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended ceiling replacement in high rise block
A reporter was involved in replacing a suspended ceiling after a few loose panels had fallen, resulting in a minor injury in one case.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 911
Region: CROSS-UK
Ceiling collapse in an educational building
A suspended ceiling in a large teaching hall collapsed days before the official opening of a new educational building.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 100
Region: CROSS-UK
Fibrous plaster ceiling features
This recent report of a serious concern about an old fibrous plaster ceiling has similarities to the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse in London in December 2013.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 518
Region: CROSS-UK
Plasterwork ceiling partial collapse at railway station
A section of a ceiling cornice, plasterboard panel and lighting collapsed at a railway station landing on the floor.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 587
Region: CROSS-UK
Non-structural roof soffit linings - failure
A reporter has observed the occurrence of compressed fibre cement sheets becoming dislodged from the soffit of several buildings in Australia.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 462
Region: CROSS-UK
Inappropriate material storage causes collapse of ceiling of a truck dock mezzanine
This report describes the collapse of an overloaded framed ceiling.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 983
Region: CROSS-US
The selection and installation of construction fixings
SCOSS has been concerned for some time at the use of structural fixings where these so called minor items have not received the attention they deserve given their safety critical nature.
1 September 2010
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Ceiling collapse in cinema
A reporter discusses a recent ceiling collapse (2008 report) at a multi-plex cinema in a major city.
1 April 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 102
Region: CROSS-UK
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