An approach for thermal crack risk estimations was introduced in the Swedish design guidelines BRO 94. The cracking occurs during the early hardening process because of the exothermic reactions between water and cement and often result in high repair costs and delayed construction. This paper studies and validates the inherent safety levels for one typical case of concrete structure. Three slab-frame structures were analysed and the original crack risk estimations were compared to the actual cracking and postcalculations were carried out, using actual parameters. This paper shows that walls with computed strain ratios over 70% were affected by thermal cracks.