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Consequences of low professional fees
An engineer believes that despite public concerns about workmanship issues on site, low professional fees mean that engineers are not able to adequately check the work on site.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 905
Region: CROSS-UK
Missing punching shear reinforcement in concrete slabs
A reporter raises concerns of how two separate engineers observed the omission of design punching shear reinforcement prior to slab pours being undertaken on two different sites.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 906
Region: CROSS-UK
Contractor uses incorrect fixing bolts for masonry support angles
A correspondent noticed that proprietary masonry support angles specified to support the outer leaf of masonry had been incorrectly connected to the steel beam using carriage bolts.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 794
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate design and quality assurance on a mandatory seismic retrofit project
A tenant's structural engineer discovers widespread design and related quality problems on a mandatory seismic retrofit project.
1 September 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 986
Region: CROSS-US
Collapse of a reinforcing cage
The reinforcing cage to a blade pier for an overpass bridge collapsed without warning when nearing completion.
1 August 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 941
Region: CROSS-AUS
Failure of existing long-span wood roof truss following installation of new roof-top HVAC units
Failure of an existing long-span wood roof truss following installation of new roof-top Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units offers lessons in the special challenges of renovations to existing buildings.
1 September 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 949
Region: CROSS-US
Inadequate punching shear reinforcement in flat slabs
This report highlights how remedial works were required in a number of residential buildings after inadequate punching shear reinforcement was identified.
14 October 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 950
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous substitution of lintels on domestic projects
This report highlights the structural risk of substituting lintels during domestic projects without approval from the design engineer.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 889
Region: CROSS-UK
Mandatory seismic retrofit construction with quality control problems
Standard seismic retrofit details were used for a building with a non-standard foundation, resulting in inadequate connection of structural shear walls to foundations.
1 September 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 888
Region: CROSS-US
Coliseum failure
This is a legacy case study of the 1978 collapse of the roof of the Hartford Coliseum in Hartford, Connecticut.
1 March 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 892
Region: CROSS-US