CROSS Safety Report: Failure of cantilevered stone staircase

Author: Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures

Date published

3 October 2023

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Free

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CROSS Safety Report: Failure of cantilevered stone staircase

The Structural Engineer

Author

Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 101, Issue 10, 2023, Page(s) 20-21

https://doi.org/10.56330/BVZE7395

Date published

3 October 2023

Author

Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 101, Issue 10, 2023, Page(s) 20-21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56330/BVZE7395

Price

Free

Article (PDF)

This month we present a report concerning the partial collapse of a cantilevered stone staircase without warning during a renovation at a stately home built around 1830.

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Format:
PDF
Pages:
20-21
Publisher:
The Institution of Structural Engineers

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Masonry - stone Safety Structural failure Professional Guidance Issue 10

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