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Unsafe design of retrofit cantilever balconies
A structural assessment of a number of new balconies being added to an existing building revealed critical concerns in respect of fixings back into the existing brickwork.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1128
Region: CROSS-UK
Floor vibration in a gym
Vibration within the floor structure of a second floor gym gives rise to concern of structural resonance and possible fatigue of structural members.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1106
Region: CROSS-UK
Poor quality design leads to failure for a small design and build contract
An example of a small design and build contract where poor design and management led to an inadequate structure being built.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1088
Region: CROSS-UK
Stability of tenants' mezzanine
A reporter is concerned about structures where cold-rolled sections depend upon the chipboard for their lateral torsional restraint, and to act as a horizontal diaphragm.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 378
Region: CROSS-UK
Fixings related to 395 partial roof collapse at shopping centre
A reporter shares their own experience and concerns after reading report 395 which discussed the partial roof collapse at a shopping centre.
1 January 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 422
Region: CROSS-UK
Timber roof truss bracing problem
Lateral movement of the roof tiles on a two-storey mid-terrace house built approximately 35 years ago with a trussed rafter roof led to the discovery of broken bracing.
1 July 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 354
Region: CROSS-UK
Further concerns about competence
A reporter raises concerns about competency, and the points raised demonstrate, says the reporter, a poor grasp first-principles on the part of many designers.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 339
Region: CROSS-UK
Nuts falling from tension glazing system
A reporter raises concerns about the fixings used in a tension glazing system.
1 July 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 340
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate billets used in precast concrete connections
Whilst completing a third-party design appraisal, a correspondent found that solid steel billets intended to form the primary shear transfer mechanism between concrete beams and columns were insufficient for this purpose.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 705
Region: CROSS-UK
Light steel truss issues
A reporter believes that greater awareness is needed of deficiencies in the light steel truss industry (trusses made from cold-formed steel sections).
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 817
Region: CROSS-AUS