Buildings Department To Access High-Risk Sites

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Staff Reporter of the Sun

Published: Apr 24, 2008, 02:21 AM ET
Updated:Feb 10, 2022, 01:35 PM ET

One day after buildings commissioner Patricia Lancaster resigned, her replacement, acting commissioner Robert LiMandri, said his department would launch a $4 million “intensive, in-depth assessment” of high-risk construction sites in New York City. The Department of Buildings will bring in outside engineers to assess randomly selected sites with high-rise concrete operations, excavations, or crane operations in their construction. “This year we have seen an increase in accidents and injuries related to high-risk construction activities, and we must make sure that as construction activity in the City continues to increase, the Department’s ability to hold the construction industry to higher safety standards keeps pace,” Mr. LiMandri, said in a statement.