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Accidental partial demolition of a beam
During a site visit, the permanent works design engineer noticed that hydro-demolition of the end of a floor supporting beam had taken place out of sequence. This introduced a pattern of bending moments and shear forces that were not considered in the original design.
6 April 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 855
Region: CROSS-UK
Painted faying surfaces leads to connections with insufficient load capacity
Painted, rather than the required unpainted connection faying surfaces, were identified by the Resident Engineer of a reporter's firm during the erection of a primary frame for a large project. The painted surfaces resulted in the connections not having sufficient load carrying capacity and necessitated remedial works.
20 November 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 896
Region: CROSS-UK
Temporary instability of columns
Concerns were raised by a reporter on the temporary stability of concrete columns during construction.
2 February 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 872
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern over concrete test methods used on site
A reporter is concerned about the test method a contractor uses to justify the strength of concrete placed on site.
13 December 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 840
Region: CROSS-UK
Specifying resin by colour causes confusion
A mistake occurred on-site when resin for fixings was selected by colour of packaging rather than by colour of resin. The actual resin used did not reach sufficient strength and the installed fixing failed under a pull test.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1068
Region: CROSS-UK
Stone cladding panel concerns
A reporter is concerned in respect of the risk of failure of stone cladding panels.
9 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1069
Region: CROSS-UK
Concerns over execution class categorisation of steel pedestrian bridge
A reporter is concerned in respect of the steelwork execution class, and quality management arrangements, applied to the construction of a public access pedestrian bridge.
21 November 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1149
Region: CROSS-UK
Installation of epoxy resin adhesive for reinforcing bar anchors
Potentially dangerous installation of resin-anchored reinforcing bars, where epoxy resin was applied at the top of the hole after bars had been inserted.
7 November 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1225
Region: CROSS-AUS
Site testing of post-installed fasteners in concrete
This report describes a situation where site testing of post-installed fasteners in concrete was undertaken by a contractor as an alternative to adopting the design data from the manufacturer in an attempt to justify an increased design capacity for the fasteners.
2 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1091
Region: CROSS-AUS
Rotting plywood decking on grandstand
During visual structural inspections of temporary demountable grandstands, a walkway board failed when it was walked on.
31 May 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1092
Region: CROSS-UK
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