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Concerns over structural design submissions
Concern was expressed about the standard of structural design submissions presented to local authorities.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 14
Region: CROSS-UK
Local authority resources to check structural calculations
An aspect of local authority work that caused concern to a reporter was the lack of internal resources to check calculations.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 15
Region: CROSS-UK
Computer aided design
Concerns are raises after it was discovered that the steel design element of a software package did not automatically allow for nominal moments in the design of columns for simple structures.
1 November 2005
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 10
Region: CROSS-UK
Grades of steelwork
A reporter says that engineers seem reluctant to specify the grade of steel. Even when prompted, some fail to request anything other than just S275 – failing to mention JR, J0, or other grades.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 43
Region: CROSS-UK
Building regulations checking
A reporter’s firm has been carrying out building regulations checks for 25 years, but it is only in the last six or seven years (say 2000-2006) that concerns have arisen, some of which are described below.
1 July 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 33
Region: CROSS-UK
Steelwork splices do not match design calculations
Remedial works had to be carried out after it was found that steelwork splices on site did not match calculations which were retrospectively provided by a contractor.
29 March 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 916
Region: CROSS-UK
Local authority checking
A reporter feels that many small consulting engineering companies rely on local authority building control departments to check their work in lieu of proper in-house quality control.
1 March 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 41
Region: CROSS-UK
Tying walls to floors in domestic properties
A reporter provides structural ‘back-up’ to architects and raises concerns of insufficient notes being placed on drawings.
1 April 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 164
Region: CROSS-UK
Licensing of temporary structures
Temporary structures, such as stages, marquees, lighting towers, video screens and the like are erected at a huge number of events in the UK each year. A reporter who inspects many such structures raises concerns that the systems in place for ensuring their stability are not working.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 276
Region: CROSS-UK
Effect of staff change on a design
A reporter illustrates how risk can be generated from staff turnover.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 277
Region: CROSS-UK
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