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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
Tower crane bases
A reporter came across a situation in which one of the anchors into a concrete crane base appeared to be loose.
5 September 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 973
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
Design wind loading for tower cranes
A report from a major contractor concerns wind loading on tower cranes.
1 January 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 132
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of supposedly grade 10.9 bolts
There was a high potential for collapse when supposedly grade 10.9 high strength holding bolts failed on a crane base.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 585
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of tower crane studs
This report describes how non-standard Grade 10.9 studs used to connect a tower crane mast to a steel grillage failed.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 600
Region: CROSS-UK
Lifting an unbalanced load
This report relates to the lifting of an item of plant by a tower crane during which the load toppled from the slings causing considerable damage and delay.
1 January 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 320
Region: CROSS-UK
Tower crane foundation design error
Whilst carrying out an independent design check on a tower crane foundation design, a reporter discovered that the piles used on site did not have the required tension capacity.
1 July 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 662
Region: CROSS-UK
Casting, transporting and installing precast concrete kerbs
A reporter shares their experience of how collaborative engineering thinking involving several parties enabled a design solution to be found that could be constructed safely.
1 October 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 778
Region: CROSS-UK
Overloading metal decking in temporary state
During construction of steel structures with composite metal decking floors, a reporter has observed numerous occasions when the metal decking was close to being overloaded.
1 August 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 919
Region: CROSS-AUS
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