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Effect of staff change on a design
A reporter illustrates how risk can be generated from staff turnover.
1 October 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 277
Region: CROSS-UK
Litigation on divided responsibilities
Divided design responsibilities, says a reporter, are a common source of litigation.
1 January 2013
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 229
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
Building Regulations submission for a small house
A reporter who is a small builder shares their experience on inadequate design calculations they received for a small house.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 91
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
Architect conducts structural design of sway frame for domestic project
A reporter looked at a project recently where the drawings had been produced by the architect, including a structural design.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 678
Region: CROSS-UK
Columns missing due to 3D modelling
A new eight storey residential concrete frame building was being constructed and several columns were omitted from the ground and first floor level drawings, says a reporter.
1 January 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 614
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
Inadequate billets used in precast concrete connections
Whilst completing a third-party design appraisal, a correspondent found that solid steel billets intended to form the primary shear transfer mechanism between concrete beams and columns were insufficient for this purpose.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 705
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate structural design of school extension
On review of a design for a school extension, a reporter noted several major issues including an almost total lack of vertical bracing throughout the extension.
1 October 2016
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 597
Region: CROSS-UK
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