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Design responsibility for temporary stability of steel frame building
A reporter raises concerns about the division of responsibility for the temporary stability of a four-storey steel frame structure with precast concrete planks and a structural topping.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 789
Region: CROSS-UK
Industry not reacting to failures
As legislation is reviewed, this report questions the appetite for change in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 798
Region: CROSS-UK
Safety concern about the design of thin concrete walls
The reporter raises their concern about the design of thin concrete load-bearing walls, sometimes supporting 10 or more storeys.
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 815
Region: CROSS-AUS
Repeating the same design mistakes
A correspondent who investigates engineering failures has shared common errors which engineers keep repeating.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 858
Region: CROSS-UK
Dislodged finger plate on highway bridge
A correspondent received a report about a 1.5m long section of a steel finger plate expansion joint on a highway bridge that had been inadequately fixed and became dislodged.
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 879
Region: CROSS-AUS
Design and erection of prefabricated (precast) concrete
A correspondent considers that there should always be an experienced temporary works designer for prefabricated concrete structures as many structural engineers do not consider the erection methodology when designing such structures.
1 February 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 871
Region: CROSS-AUS
Unconservative design of flat slab due to software modelling issues
A reporter discusses how a design/modelling problem caused an under-designed reinforced concrete (RC) slab to be constructed.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 886
Region: CROSS-UK
Structural issues with cladding
A reporter who investigates cladding failures shares common issues they have encountered.
1 April 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 904
Region: CROSS-UK
Emergency motorway lane closure during concrete repairs
This report highlights how confusion during concrete repair works led to an unplanned emergency lane closure of a bridge carrying a motorway.
1 July 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 926
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