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Preventing the collapse of free-standing masonry walls
There have been collapses of free-standing masonry walls over many years and there have been fatalities and numerous injuries; particularly to children.
1 September 2014
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Temporary stage structures
There have been collapses of temporary stage structures in the USA and in Europe during entertainment events.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Temporary event structures - saddle span type tents
Saddle span type tented structures appear to provide effective solutions to the needs of event organisers. However, they require careful design, erection and management and a list of precautions is given in the Alert.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Collapse of the New Austrian tunnelling method (NATM) tunnels at Heathrow Airport
In October 1994 a section of tunnel being constructed at Heathrow Airport collapsed.
1 November 1994
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Reflective thinking
Reflective thinking is a constant drive to ask questions and to make appropriate responses to them. It is characterised by a healthy scepticism about all inputs to processes, about the processes themselves and about the outcomes from processes.
1 December 2016
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Suspended access platform collapse - Chicago
In 2002 a suspended access platform fell from the 100 storey John Hancock building in Chicago USA.
1 December 2002
CROSS Topic Paper
Region: CROSS-UK
Torre Windsor building fire - Madrid
The 30 storey Torre Windsor office building consisted of a reinforced concrete frame and steel load-bearing mullions around the perimeter.
1 June 2005
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
Structural stability/integrity of steel frame buildings
There are occasional collapses of steel frame structures during construction and this Alert is to draw attention to matters which need to be borne in mind by designers, fabricators, and contractors.
1 February 2017
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Sudden loss of ground support
SCOSS has logged several incidents of unstable ground below structures where voids have opened up; so far without loss of life (UK), but pictures of the incidents show that safety could easily have been compromised, severely.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
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