The nature of the office-to-apartment conversion job probably meant the Manhattan building couldn’t support the extra weight, said ASCE’s former president.
A spokesperson for the city’s Department of Buildings said the “enforcement sweeps” are part of its ongoing investigation into the cause of column bending in an office-to-residential high-rise.
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City officials have not determined what caused the columns to buckle but engineers believe the failure likely resulted from the added load ...
Once the immediate safety concerns are addressed, the flurry of claims begin in a case like the East 42nd Street conversion ...
As officials continue to investigate the cause, experts say that if the conversion is to proceed, "extensive work" would need ...
Structural problems at a building in Midtown Manhattan continue to snarl traffic as repairs and inspections proceed. The area was evacuated this week when the building was deemed at risk of collapse.
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What will happen to the damaged portion? Will the building’s construction be delayed? And when can evacuees return?