CROSS Safety Report: Unsafe design of retrofit cantilever balconies

Allan Mann of the IStructE Safety, Health and Wellbeing Panel provides a short summary of some of the key safety considerations when working on an existing building.

This article aims to identify gaps in Eurocode and IStructE guidance, and make recommendations on additional considerations that engineers should take into account when designing or assessing cantilever structures.

Griffiths & Armour Professional Risks Director, Graeme Tinney, looks at some of the considerations for anyone purchasing professional indemnity insurance and the challenges they are likely to face.