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Poor quality design leads to failure for a small design and build contract
An example of a small design and build contract where poor design and management led to an inadequate structure being built.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1088
Region: CROSS-UK
Tower crane base designs
A reporter’s firm has been involved in the design and checking of numerous tower crane bases and have come across many examples where the supplier of the tower crane has supplied incorrect loadings. These incorrect loadings could have led to crane failures had the errors not been spotted.
7 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1093
Region: CROSS-UK
Dangerous building work on domestic project
Temporary propping fails during works to a semi-detached property putting the whole building at risk of collapse.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1062
Region: CROSS-UK
Basement excavation under a semi-detached house causes collapse
Basement excavation under a semi-detached house causes a collapse.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1063
Region: CROSS-UK
Excessive deflection of spliced steel beam
A long-span primary steel beam deflects excessively at its splice during concreting of the floor slab.
30 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1111
Region: CROSS-UK
Specifying resin by colour causes confusion
A mistake occurred on-site when resin for fixings was selected by colour of packaging rather than by colour of resin. The actual resin used did not reach sufficient strength and the installed fixing failed under a pull test.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1068
Region: CROSS-UK
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
Another example of brick slips falling from height
Another example of defective brick slips falling from the facade of a building.
10 March 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1081
Region: CROSS-UK
Water ingress to cross-laminated timber structural frame
In an eight year old building that included cross-laminated timber construction, it was found that water penetration had caused parts of the structure to rot.
6 June 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1124
Region: CROSS-UK
Critical welding of structural steelwork missed
The designer of a steelwork roof frame found a critical fabrication error when inspecting steelwork on site before it was erected.
21 November 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1126
Region: CROSS-UK
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