Development of CROSS in Australasia
Publication: Forensic Engineering 2022
ABSTRACT
Several events in recent years in Australia and New Zealand have raised serious concerns about safety in the construction industry resulting in calls for significant changes in how it operates. The paper will include reference to the Shergold Weir Building Confidence report commissioned by the Australian Government that raised concerns about the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction Industry across Australia. The CROSS-AUS website parallels the same format and structure as the parent UK website, to which it is linked, and operational systems are the same. One of the challenges has been to widen the reach of CROSS-AUS to engage with as many as possible and CROSS-AUS now includes amongst its supporters Australian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels, Engineers Australia, Engineering New Zealand, and the Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand. Now in its third year of operation, CROSS-AUS has published reports covering a wide range of topics from problems with roof soffit linings and light gauge steel fabrication to more fundamental questions of competency, the quality of structural design, and the maintenance of structures. This paper provides an outline on the development of CROSS-AUS and samples of the reports produced.
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Forensic Engineering 2022
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