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Collapse of folded plate timber roof at a school
This report is about a critical safety issue concerning folded timber roofs, in various settings, including over school halls.
18 October 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1160
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate temporary works on domestic project
An example of inadequate temporary works on a project, and problems reporting the safety issue to the authorities.
14 December 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1044
Region: CROSS-UK
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
Timber truss
The reporter has been dealing with an application where the engineer involved discovered proprietary timber girder trusses with some glued joints that have come loose.
1 February 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 62
Region: CROSS-UK
Low pitched metal sheet roofs
A reporter is concerned about low pitch metal sheet roofing attached to trussed rafters.
1 April 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 66
Region: CROSS-UK
Site hoardings blow down
Investigations into timber hoarding failures by the reporter’s firm indicated that the majority of site hoardings are erected with no design whatsoever.
1 October 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 83
Region: CROSS-UK
Incorrect use of timber joist hanger
A reporter has become aware of another collapse resulting from the incorrect use of proprietary timber joist hangers in housing construction.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 95
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
Risk in notching timber studs
During the construction of a block of apartments a reporter found a couple of locations on an external fourth floor wall where the load-bearing studs had been notched well past permissible depths.
1 January 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 209
Region: CROSS-UK
Set up of temporary works
This report highlights the importance of following correct procedures when installing temporary works.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 797
Region: CROSS-AUS
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