CROSS have published Newsletter No 28 detailing problems during construction where temporary works have been involved. The newsletter can be downloaded in full from: http:// www.structural-safety.org/ and includes details of the following incidents: ? Steel stud failure - This event ocurred during construction works on a new bridge associated with major road improvements. As a support rod was being tightened to take the load of a table unit, a welded stud which attached a forged beam bracket to a steel girder failed ? Falsework support to a bridge - a near miss - There was a near collapse of a birdcage scaffold falsework structure during an 800 cubic metre concrete pour on a motorway bridge.
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