Safety information search results
Filter your results
Project or lifecycle stage
Design
Operation or occupation
Fire incident response
Method of construction
Structural form
Elements & systems
Temporary works
Plant & equipment
Weather & natural hazards
Utilities
Safety reporting
Organisations
Project delivery methods
Business practice
Risk management
Public incidents
Theme pages
Locations
Content type
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 2 (1)
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 3 (2)
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 4 (1)
- CROSS-AUS Newsletter 5 (2)
- CROSS-AUS [sub-heading only] (4)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 4 (3)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 9 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 16 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 31 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 33 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 34 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 36 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 45 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 46 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 50 (2)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 53 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 59 (1)
- CROSS-UK Newsletter 62 (1)
- CROSS-UK [sub-heading only] (15)
- CROSS-US Newsletter 3 (2)
- CROSS Newsletter (11)
- CROSS Safety Report (27)
- News [sub-heading only] (1)
CROSS regions
Light gauge steel fabrication
Referring to Report AUS-4, Light steel truss issues, this reporter has concerns about the low ductility of the high tensile steel, in particular with respect to connection design and capacity.
1 August 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 957
Region: CROSS-AUS
Contractor installs incorrect steel grade
A reporter came across an issue where the fabricator had used cold formed S235 commodity steel SHS rather than the specified hot formed S275 structural steel SHS.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 634
Region: CROSS-UK
Further report on freezing of water in hollow sections
A reporter has a further warning on the issue of freeze/thaw cracking following report 434 after their firm encountered a similar problem on a UK project and investigated the matter.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 579
Region: CROSS-UK
Square Hollow Section (SHS) expansion due to freezing
A reporter has come across problems in British Columbia (temp range -30 degrees to +40 degrees) of cracking to square hollow sections (SHS) due to the ingress of water and freezing.
1 April 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 641
Region: CROSS-UK
Steel fabricators substituting S275/S355 steel for S235 steel
A reporter has been asked many times by fabricators if they can use grade S235 steel in lieu of S275 or S355.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 758
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