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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
Inadequate design for basement works
An inadequate structural design for alterations to a basement led to structural distress within a substantial five-storey townhouse.
21 November 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1132
Region: CROSS-UK
Error in proprietary design program
It has been noted, says a reporter, that a current package for pad foundation design has no factor of safety against overturning, returning a ‘pass’ for unfactored loads and a utilisation ratio of 1.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 349
Region: CROSS-UK
Structural steel - reinforced concrete interface
A reporter describes how the substructure of a building was constructed out of position to the extent that the steel frame could not be erected to tolerance and could not be connected to the holding down bolts.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 19
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate foundation reinforcement
Subcontractors carrying out the ground works for a multi-storey development failed to provide sufficient continuity reinforcement in the ground beams.
1 October 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 112
Region: CROSS-UK
Foundation base plates for tower cranes
On two different contracts it was observed that the foundation base plates for tower cranes had suffered from low compaction of the concrete on which they rest.
1 October 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 257
Region: CROSS-UK
Piling platform failure
While back screwing an auger, the ground began to fail under the foot of the rig causing it to sink forwards and collapse.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 271
Region: CROSS-UK
Use of water filled containers to anchor temporary structures
The reporter who is a local authority Environmental Health Officer raises concerns over the use of water filled plastic containers being used as anchors/ballast at festivals.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 255
Region: CROSS-UK
Alteration to historic column bases causes settlement issues
Historic timber columns settled and tilted after unauthorised changes were made to their foundation bases.
1 October 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 458
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of pile load test arrangement
A pile was being load-tested, for confirmation of design pile loads for the foundations of a road bridge, when the web of the deep steel beam used in the testing arrangement buckled.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 484
Region: CROSS-UK
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