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Steel column erection anchoring connection failure injured worker
This report describes how a construction worker was injured during the erection of a steel column due to shortcomings in erection procedures and inadequacies in a column base connection.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 992
Region: CROSS-US
Failures of cold formed steel floor systems during construction
This report describes numerous collapses during construction of cold formed steel floor systems caused by lack of bracing/fastening and overloading of an incomplete structure.
10 May 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 997
Region: CROSS-US
Temporary movement joint in slabs not installed correctly
Dowels in temporary movement joints for a slab were not installed correctly, impacting the structural behaviour.
29 March 2021
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 998
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure of blind bolts
There was a partial collapse of a steel frame building due to the failure of some blind bolts during the construction period. Loads at the time were well below anticipated failure levels.
1 April 2007
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 71
Region: CROSS-UK
Proper design and use of cold rolled steel frames
A reporter has been designing structures in cold rolled steel for approximately twenty years, mainly portal frame buildings, and some concerns.
1 January 2008
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 93
Region: CROSS-UK
Metal cladding panels fail and fall to ground
During high winds, a number of metal cladding panels failed and fell to the ground from a tall commercial building in a major UK city.
26 August 2022
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1134
Region: CROSS-UK
Understanding finite element analysis for pile caps
A reporter questions the validity of using two-dimensional finite element (2D FE) shells to model structural elements such as pile caps.
18 October 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1152
Region: CROSS-UK
Failure to grout steel frame bases
A reporter describes a problem that arose during the construction stage of a project when a steel frame supporting pipe and cable racks was loaded before the frame baseplates were grouted.
24 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1190
Region: CROSS-UK
Overloading a portal frame with suspended services
A reporter designing a single storey portal frame used a standard roof service loading of 0.25kN/m2. After the project was completed, a tenant for the unit took over fit out and added a considerable amount of sprinkler pipework into the roof. This created local overloading.
21 August 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1195
Region: CROSS-UK
Concerns over corrosion of dissimilar metals in fixing cavity wall tie systems
A reporter is concerned about corrosion that may occur between dissimilar metals that can be used in cavity wall tie systems. The reporter has noted that stainless steel and carbon steel may be fixed together in wall cavities, which are damp environments, and that corrosion of dissimilar metals in contact may occur.
24 May 2023
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 1186
Region: CROSS-UK