South Wales Hub Group AGM, followed by an online technical talk Overview and update on CROSS (Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures).

CROSS is a confidential reporting system funded by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Building Safety Regulator. It is also supported by the Institution of Fire Engineers.

CROSS is appointed by the Building Safety Regulator to operate the official Voluntary Occurrence Reporting System. The Regulator has a duty under the Building Safety Act to appoint a body to operate such a system. It allows professionals working in the built environment to report on fire and structural safety issues. These are then analysed by a panel of Experts and lessons learned are published and shared.

This presentation will cover:

• The history of CROSS

• What CROSS is and what we do

• The information we provide

• How to report Safety issues

• Example CROSS Structural Safety Reports and Key Learning Outcomes

• Example CROSS Safety Alerts

• Overall lessons learned from CROSS

Speaker

Paul Livesey CEng FIStructE, Head of Operations, CROSS

Paul is a chartered structural engineer with 30 years’ experience as a consulting engineer and project manager within the building sector. He is responsible for the overall management of CROSS and works closely with the various stakeholders and expert panels; he shares their passion to ensure that knowledge is shared, best practice is adopted, and lessons are learned to promote safety across the industry.

Prior to his current role he was Technical Director at several leading civil and structural engineering consultancies with responsibility for technical excellence and project delivery from conceptual design through to construction. He has an in-depth knowledge of design and delivery within programme and budget constraints demonstrated through the successful completion of numerous building structures across multiple sectors.

Paul’s experience also includes the management of multi-disciplinary design teams, due-diligence surveys, advisor to party wall surveyors, defect investigation, ground engineering, basement design, conservation engineering, temporary works, and façade retention.

The AGM will take place in person.

The technical talk will take place online at 18:45 via Zoom

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