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Liquid metal assisted cracking (LMAC)
A reporter raises concerns about the risk of liquid metal assisted cracking during the hot dip galvanising process.
1 November 2006
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 45
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
Retaining wall excavation collapse
A 6m deep excavation formed for constructing a retaining wall on a domestic project collapsed due to insufficient propping.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 800
Region: CROSS-UK
Grades of weldable quality bolts
A reporter says grade 8.8 bolts are not required to be manufactured as being weldable according to the relevant product standards e.g. ISO 898-1 and -2.
1 April 2014
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 392
Region: CROSS-UK
Unauthorised structural alterations to accommodate drainpipes
A reporter became aware of cases where main structural steel sections were ‘butchered’ on site to accommodate drainpipes.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 902
Region: CROSS-UK
Fire protection of mixed hot/cold rolled steel structure
This report describes how a high-rise building had to be remediated after it was found there was insufficient fire protection encasement of structural elements.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 921
Region: CROSS-UK
Incorrectly installed tension control bolts could have led to serious consequences
A reporter finds incorrectly installed system HRC preload bolt assemblies, better known as tension control bolts, during a site inspection of a new highway bridge over a railway. The incorrectly fitted bolts could have had major structural implications, and led to other safety risks, if the installation error had not been spotted.
24 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1196
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate bolted connections supporting stairs
Concerns are raised over the safe design and installation of rolled steel angles (RSA) used to support heavy precast stair and landing units.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 615
Region: CROSS-UK
Major UK steel manufacturer talks about steel substitution
A correspondent is concerned that cold formed S235 steel is being used in place of hot formed S355 steel, as this can have dangerous implications.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 761
Region: CROSS-UK
Common use of S235 cold rolled steel instead of S355 hot rolled steel
It has come to a reporter's attention that some local fabricators are purchasing S235 cold rolled hollow sections rather than the specified S355 hot rolled sections, as they are easier and cheaper to obtain.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 740
Region: CROSS-UK
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