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SCOTCROSS Final Report
This report concerns work carried out between August 05 and August 07 in collecting information from Local Authorities on materials and debris that has fallen from buildings, and concerns about materials or components that might fall. The project follows a recommendation by the Construction Industry Council for Scotland in their 2003 report ‘Risks to Public Safety from Falling Masonry and Oth...
1 December 2007
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
This one will bring the house down
This is the text of a lecture given at ICE in 2009 on the potential impact of systemic failure, within a company, and more broadly within industries, including the construction industry.
1 April 2009
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Risk management bibliography
This is a bibliography of publications relating to risk management in design and construction produced in 2009.
1 September 2009
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
The education base - safety related issues
This note is a contribution to the IStructE’s debate on the teaching of structural engineering at undergraduate level, for the general information of ICE and HSE, and for wider debate.
1 September 2010
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Timber framed buildings in fire situations - the role of the designer
This 2010 paper was updated in 2014 and the newer version should be used for reference.
1 November 2010
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Risks with large screens at public events
The rapid development of large screen technology has resulted in the common use of these systems. The intent of this note is to examine their use from a structural safety perspective.
1 February 2008
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
FC Twente stadium roof collapse
This paper concerns the collapse at the FC Twente Stadium in Holland in 2011 when part of a cantilever steel frame roof failed during erection.
1 July 2014
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Elliot Lake mall collapse
In June 2012 part of the roof of a thirty two year old Mall in Ontario, Canada collapsed killing two people and injuring nineteen.
1 December 2014
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Timber framed buildings in fire situations - the role of the designer - update
This is an update of an earlier paper because there had been a number of severe fires in timber framed buildings during construction.
1 March 2015
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Structures at the end of their design life
Design life varies according to the type and use of a structure. A structure should retain fitness for purpose as it approaches and passes its design life or changes use.
1 June 2015
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
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