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Concrete grade confusion in software
A reporter noticed that the design calculation report generated by a proprietary software package called for ‘concrete characteristic strength = 45N/mm2’, but did not confirm whether this refers to the cylinder or cube strength.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 788
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
Incorrect load testing of steel lifting frames
On two occasions, a reporter has experienced issues with load tests on steel lifting frames and wonders how many other load tests may have been carried out incorrectly without being noticed.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 786
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of waling beam connected to raking prop
A reporter discusses how they witnessed the failure of a temporary support for an excavation on site due to similar design issues discussed in CROSS report 298 (Props to large excavations).
1 July 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 813
Region: CROSS-UK
Fixing brackets for glazing systems
A reporter's organisation has been alerted to several cases of broken glass panels in a canopy at a transportation facility.
1 January 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 802
Region: CROSS-UK
High winds cause masonry parapet failure
A reporter highlights how exceptionally strong winds caused a fourth-floor level masonry parapet wall with a 1.7m high timber fencing on top of it to collapse.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 803
Region: CROSS-UK
Inadequate structural design on industrial steel structures
A reporter's firm believes that steel structures associated with plant are being erected without a design being carried out by a structural engineer and are therefore potentially dangerous.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 804
Region: CROSS-UK
Weld de-specification without design approval
A reporter's firm was engaged as fabricators for a main contractor and asked by them to de-specify full and partial penetration butt welds and replace them with fillet welds without approval from the main design engineer.
14 October 2020
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 845
Region: CROSS-UK
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
Inadequate product testing for shear studs
A reporter raises concerns about a manufacturer providing testing information for a variant product based on a university student Master’s dissertation.
1 April 2019
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 790
Region: CROSS-UK