Business Practice Note No. 25: Reporting wrongdoing

A regulatory framework that supports innovation backed by demonstrable analysis and testing has enabled Canada to pioneer new approaches to timber design, explains Eric Karsh while also comparing the Canadian experience with approaches in other countries.

This month, Alastair Soane, Principal Consultant for CROSS, discusses the recently published report into this catastrophic collapse and considers the implications for building safety improvements.

This month's report raises concerns that a worked example in published guidance on crane base design applies shear enhancement in circumstances where it might not be appropriate.