CROSS Safety Report: Overestimation of lateral torsional buckling restraints

This month's report highlights the importance of varied quality assurance when using structural design and analysis software after a reporter found a steel section with erroneous data in the software's database.

This month's report concerns design issues encountered when reviewing connection designs. The reporter discovered a moment connection between a universal beam and a universal column, with the moment connection being made to the web of the column.

This month's report discusses an unusual steelwork connection found during an inspection of an existing structure.