Lessons from Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety

摘要

The UK CROSS system collects information on the concerns of civil and structural engineers which have led to near misses, or failures including collapses. Reports to CROSS are stripped of identifying features and reviewed by a panel of experts who give comments and advice as to how similar situations may be avoided in the future. Reports and comments are published quarterly in on-line Newsletters and are added to a web site data base. This free resource is used by practitioners, educators, regulators and others. Trends have included problems with; structural fixings, tension systems, anomalous documentation and imported products, building control, equipment failure, competency, items falling from buildings, contractors changing designs on site, and more. The aims are to encourage change in the way that engineers approach issues that are safety critical.