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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
Tension cable and rod connectors
In a number of instances, suspension fork connectors for high strength steel bars (cables or rods) acting in tension have failed at loads well below the intended design capacity or have been found to be substandard either during construction or in service.
1 August 2012
CROSS Safety Alert
Region: CROSS-UK, CROSS-AUS, CROSS-US
Defective imported scaffold ties
On a contract where multi lift access scaffolds had been installed for a period of up to 18 months in an exposed coastal location, it was found by a reporter on one of the regular inspections that some of the scaffold ties had failed.
1 April 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 230
Region: CROSS-UK
CE marking scheme for structural steelwork
Concern has been expressed about the way in which the CE marking scheme for structural steelwork will be monitored, enforced and policed in the UK, since the use of CE marking is only voluntary here (but compulsory in mainland Europe).
1 April 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 70
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
Incorrectly fixed sheets blow off parapet
This report concerns aluminium coping sheets that blew off the parapet of a block of flats under construction. The reporter says a fierce wind blew off several sheets which fell to the ground about 9m below. A building and a car were damaged but thankfully no one was hurt, although the potential for personal injury or death was significant.
25 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1180
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of high strength studs
A reporter raises concerns after several M12 threaded studs snapped not long after installation.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 499
Region: CROSS-UK
Documentation for imported large diameter steel pins
A reporter raises concerns over the possibility that foreign steel with poor, confusing or misleading documentation, is being used on safety critical structures in the UK.
1 January 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 299
Region: CROSS-UK
Telecommunications towers and resin anchors
A correspondent shares their concerns following the collapse of a telecommunications tower.
1 April 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 315
Region: CROSS-UK
Bolt failures due to hydrogen embrittlement
A reporter recalls how, in the 1970s while working on a bridge refurbishment project, several new zinc electro-plated bolts failed suddenly, and often shortly after installation.
1 April 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 490
Region: CROSS-UK
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