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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
Construction products- fire test certificates
A reporter has notified CROSS-AUS regarding the potentially inappropriate use of fire test methods on certain materials.
2 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1060
Region: CROSS-AUS
Modelling of structures
The reporter is concerned that some structural engineers assume without adequate verification that their computer modelling is correct and accurate; that they do not understand the limitations or basis for their modelling; or that the model chosen may not be appropriate for that structure.
2 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 994
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
Structural safety of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks
A Theme Page to raise awareness of and encourage knowledge sharing on the structural safety of RAAC planks.
CROSS Theme Page
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Roof collapse at a social club
This is a report about a roof collapse that occurred, in about 1985, because only half as many parallel faced timber roof trusses were installed as there should have been.
30 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 942
Region: CROSS-UK
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Failure of vertical bracing system in coffee shop
A reporter noticed that a bolt at a low level connecting node of the vertical bracing system in a public building had failed.
30 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 759
Region: CROSS-UK
Fire protection to light gauge steel frame walls
A disagreement between fire engineers and manufacturers on testing for the loadbearing performance of light gauge steel frame walls in case of fire has been reported.
21 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1116
Region: CROSS-UK
Water ingress to cross-laminated timber structural frame
In an eight year old building that included cross-laminated timber construction, it was found that water penetration had caused parts of the structure to rot.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1124
Region: CROSS-UK
Preparation of holes in concrete for chemical anchors
Reinforcement intended to be resin anchored into concrete was not anchored, because the resin did not cure, due to contamination within the holes.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1096
Region: CROSS-UK