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Responsibilities for hybrid concrete construction
Concerns are raised after a substantial precast element, weighing over 10t, had been placed in position and used as part of the shuttering for an in-situ pour without it being designed to act as a shutter.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 574
Region: CROSS-UK
Actively seeking to identify hazards
A reporter investigating a near miss incident raises concerns that an active prompt to seek out hazards is not being undertaken on innovative construction design and methods.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 530
Region: CROSS-UK
Shear failure during demolition
A reporter raises concerns about how a number of buildings being demolished ‘top-down’ have suffered from partial collapse during the process.
1 January 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 523
Region: CROSS-UK
Fabrication different from design drawings
A reporter shares their experience of how a propping design they had undertaken was fabricated and installed but not in accordance with the design drawings.
1 July 2015
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 513
Region: CROSS-UK
Roof constructed without structural input
A reporter wants to highlight the problem of builders working off plans provided by an architect or surveyor and assuming that section sizes shown on their drawings are structurally adequate.
1 January 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 515
Region: CROSS-UK
Injuries from falling scaffold tube
Two children received injuries when a scaffold tube fell from height.
1 July 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 571
Region: CROSS-UK
Sudden hole in piling mat
A reporter describes how a 450mm diameter hole appeared in a piling mat whilst digging a trench that was 0.5m away.
1 April 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 566
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
Steel stud failures during bridge construction
This report concerns the failure of a steel studs during construction works on a new bridge associated with major road improvements.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 332
Region: CROSS-UK
Falsework support to a bridge – a near miss
This report follows the near collapse of a birdcage scaffold falsework structure during an 800 cubic metre concrete pour on a motorway bridge.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 333
Region: CROSS-UK