CROSS-UK Newsletter 73

CROSS-UK Newsletter 73 has been published and includes expert comments on fire and structural safety reports.

Reports in this Newsletter cover the following:

• Modular construction design concerns
• Sudden collapse of 1850s stone balcony
• Horizontal mains used as a solution to meet vehicle access requirements
• Overloading of older multi storey and underground car parks
• Use of Table B3 of Approved Document B for loadbearing external walls
• Fraudulent use of calculations from  another engineer
• Unusual steelwork connection discovered during fit-out works
• Student accommodation occupied before critical safety features commissioned
• Corrosion of heritage railing leads to a fall and a near miss
• Responsible Person failed to react appropriately to a smoke control system failure
• Poor electrical safety standards in fire alarm installation
• Concerns about solar PV installation
• Who should submit designs to comply with Approved Document Part A of the Building Regulations
• Fire safety concerns in a residential building
• Chemical attack on structural enclosures
• Compartmentation issues found in premises converted to residential flats
• Engineer asked to provide calculations for a dangerous refurbishment
• Performance of acoustic separation in a floor system