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Unsuitable underpinning
When reviewing a consulting engineer’s proposal to underpin a party wall, the reporter noticed that there was insufficient vertical load to maintain stability under lateral load from the retained height of soil.
1 July 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 175
Region: CROSS-UK
Design deficiencies in calculations submitted to a Local Authority
A Local Authority Building Control manager has sent a list which gives twenty nine of the more serious design review queries raised by the building control structural checking process over the last five years.
1 October 2010
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 210
Region: CROSS-UK
Structural assessments of multi-storey car parks
The parking industry has in recent years (2012) seen several MSCPs closed due to structural fears, says a reporter, which begs the question how close were they to structural failure before they were taken out of service?
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 224
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
Dangerous snow slides from 100 houses
A reporter raises concerns about the build up of snow on cold roof systems.
1 July 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 246
Region: CROSS-UK
School fascia board failure
A section of pressed steel gutter and plywood fascia board at a school collapsed during or after a heavy rainstorm.
1 April 2009
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 137
Region: CROSS-UK
School roof timber truss collapse
A gym/assembly hall roof to a school collapsed suddenly and without warning overnight when fortunately the building was unoccupied.
1 January 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 249
Region: CROSS-UK
Asymmetric bridge design and construction – a near miss
During the construction stage of an arch footbridge a design error was identified that had been indirectly revealed by an associated error in construction.
1 October 2011
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 262
Region: CROSS-UK
Multi-storey car parks - structural condition concerns
A reporter raises concerns about the structural condition of a number of car parks that they have worked on as remediation projects.
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 265
Region: CROSS-UK
Compatibility at RC column to slab joint - strong column/weak slab
A reporter who was reviewing the structural design of a commercial building raises concerns over the compatibility at column/slab joints when different grades of concrete are used.
1 April 2012
CROSS Safety Report
Report ID: 296
Region: CROSS-UK
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