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Potential overload on buildings
A reporter raises concerns after a crowd in a city centre greeting a successful sporting team gained access to the roofs of buildings and were densely packed around perimeters overlooking the streets.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 2
Region: CROSS-UK
Roof overloading
A flat roof with parapets and internal downpipes collapsed after drainage outlets became blocked.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 9
Region: CROSS-UK
Precast concrete panel fixing
A 1960s flyover was being demolished and an interesting feature came to light how the precast concrete edge panels were fixed.
30 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 965
Region: CROSS-UK
Misleading instructions for a structural component
A reporter confirms the difficulty encountered whilst endeavouring to ensure cast-in insulated connectors supporting a parapet wall and balustrade were properly fixed.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1127
Region: CROSS-UK
Incomplete casting of composite brick/concrete parapets
A reporter states that during a parapet raising scheme over a mainline railway, a void up to 300mm deep was identified below existing coping bed level.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 635
Region: CROSS-UK
Parapet wall collapse
The sudden failure of parapet coping stones on an old two storey industrial building caused the stones to fall onto a road and pavement below.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 711
Region: CROSS-UK
Storm Barbara - loose and insecure parapet copings
A section of a roof parapet coping on a new school had been blown onto the roof of the school, having come loose from its fixing.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 636
Region: CROSS-UK
High winds cause masonry parapet failure
A reporter highlights how exceptionally strong winds caused a fourth-floor level masonry parapet wall with a 1.7m high timber fencing on top of it to collapse.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 803
Region: CROSS-UK
Structural issues with cladding
A reporter who investigates cladding failures shares common issues they have encountered.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 904
Region: CROSS-UK
Repeating the same design mistakes
A correspondent who investigates engineering failures has shared common errors which engineers keep repeating.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 858
Region: CROSS-UK
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