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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
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
Unsafe working platform
A reporter came across an access platform supported next to an excavated foundation with unstable sides while carrying out an inspection on site.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1019
Region: CROSS-UK
Incorrect steel lintel installation
A reporter came across several issues, associated with the installation of steel beam lintels, while carrying out inspection works on a 1950’s domestic property.
13 December 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1008
Region: CROSS-UK
The myth of quality assurance
This report argues that to achieve the objective of good quality construction that satisfies the design intent there is no substitute for the practice of regular site inspections being conducted by the original design engineer. It questions whether there has been too much reliance on the process of quality assurance systems to the detriment of the quality of the end product.
25 November 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 960
Region: CROSS-AUS
Fire compartmentation detailing issues
Two reports have been received concerning fire compartmentation detailing issues; one on the incorrect installation of fire batts and the other on the incorrect use of intumescent material.
18 August 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1039
Region: CROSS-UK
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Unsafe excavation practices
A builder undermined the existing footing of a masonry wall without being aware of the risks.
30 July 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1026
Region: CROSS-UK
Failures of cold formed steel floor systems during construction
This report describes numerous collapses during construction of cold formed steel floor systems caused by lack of bracing/fastening and overloading of an incomplete structure.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 997
Region: CROSS-US
Steel column erection anchoring connection failure injured worker
This report describes how a construction worker was injured during the erection of a steel column due to shortcomings in erection procedures and inadequacies in a column base connection.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 992
Region: CROSS-US
Roof collapse of warehouse structure under rainwater ponding
This report highlights the structural risk caused by rainwater ponding on relatively flat roofs.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 969
Region: CROSS-US