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Structural-Safety

Latest news: CROSS Newsletter No 25 published

                       Alert on Temporary stage structures issued

Structural-Safety combines the activities of CROSS and SCOSS to work with the professions, industry and government on safety matters concerned with the design, construction and use of building and civil engineering structures. It:

• collects confidential data on the concerns of structural and civil engineers and others
• provides comments in relation to these concerns
• maintains a data base of reports and publications
• collects data from public sources on failures, collapses and relevant incidents
• considers whether unacceptable risk exists, or might arise in the future
• promotes a positive attitude to learning from experience
• helps to influence changes to improve structural safety.

CROSS

Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety is the scheme established by SCOSS in 2005 to improve structural safety and reduce failures by using confidential reports to highlight lessons that have been learnt, to generate feedback and to influence change. Reports sent to CROSS are completely confidential and separate from SCOSS, and neither personal details nor information that could be used to identify a project or product are used.

SCOSS

The Standing Committee on Structural Safety is the independent body established in 1976 to maintain a continuing review of building and civil engineering matters affecting the safety of structures. SCOSS aims to identify in advance those trends and developments which might contribute to an increasing risk to structural safety. There is more information in About Us.

 The programme depends on receiving reports and individuals and firms are encouraged to participate by sending concerns in confidence to structural-safety.