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Inability of roller shutter doors to resist wind pressures
Concerns are raised after two sets of roller shutter doors failed within weeks of installation at winds far below the design pressures.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 663
Region: CROSS-UK
Steel canopy collapse during building completion works
During the construction of a new school, a long span steel truss failed, resulting in the collapse of a canopy.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 664
Region: CROSS-UK
Use of proprietary element beyond stated values
After the construction of a 6m high lighting frame, the contractor noticed that the frame was both twisting and deflecting excessively under wind loading.
1 April 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 667
Region: CROSS-UK
Unauthorised alterations to Light Gauge Steel Framing on site
Concerns were raised after Light Gauge Steel Framing (LGSF) acting as a structural system was trimmed locally on site to accommodate the installation of balcony brackets without approval from the design team.
1 July 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 669
Region: CROSS-UK
Late detection of flange/web splitting on steel beam
A reporter noticed a crack at the interface between the flange and web for a chord member in a steel truss while it was being loaded on to a delivery truck.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 680
Region: CROSS-UK
Poor quality of construction and lack of supervision on a block of flats
Concerns are raised over poor quality construction and a lack of supervision on a residential block of flats.
1 July 2017
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 672
Region: CROSS-UK
Collapse of unsupported deep trench excavation
A worker was trapped within a partially collapsed excavation which was unsupported and not suitably benched.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 675
Region: CROSS-UK
Roof tiles falling from height
A reporter describes how a skip turned upside down at high level and the contents crashed down onto the pavement.
1 October 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 677
Region: CROSS-UK
Remoteness of contact and lack of supervision
A correspondent has been thinking about the problem of lack of supervision in construction generally and has come to the conclusion that this is all part of a wider problem.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 684
Region: CROSS-UK
Concern about foundations to telecoms masts
Concerns are raised about a potential safety problem with the design and construction of ‘root’ foundations for telecom poles.
1 January 2018
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 690
Region: CROSS-UK