CROSS: Basement excavation under a semi-detached house causes collapse

The executive summary from a 2020 Research Award winning project.

This month we present a report expressing concerns about a repeat failure of building cladding, in severe but not exceptional winds, that saw panels fall to the public street below.

This month's CROSS report concerns water ingress that caused parts of the cross-laminated timber (CLT) structural frame of an eight-year-old building to rot.