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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
Tower crane base designs
A reporter’s firm has been involved in the design and checking of numerous tower crane bases and have come across many examples where the supplier of the tower crane has supplied incorrect loadings. These incorrect loadings could have led to crane failures had the errors not been spotted.
7 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1093
Region: CROSS-UK
Potentially unsafe buckling resistance checks using software
A number of anomalies were detected in the outputs from a proprietary structural steelwork design program.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1075
Region: CROSS-UK
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
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
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
Hoarding incident
A reporter says that under high, but not severe, wind loads a portion of timber hoarding failed and struck site personnel.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 278
Region: CROSS-UK
Use of water filled containers to anchor temporary structures
The reporter who is a local authority Environmental Health Officer raises concerns over the use of water filled plastic containers being used as anchors/ballast at festivals.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 255
Region: CROSS-UK
Concerns with propping design to large excavations
Concerns are raised about the design of propping to large excavations and particularly about the design of the connections for a raking prop to a horizontal waler.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 298
Region: CROSS-UK
Example of small temporary stage structure
This is an example of a small stage that is potentially unstable.
1 January 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 302
Region: CROSS-UK
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