New York
Department of Buildings Acting Commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik, P.E., today announced the start of a new winter construction safety campaign aimed at promoting work site safety in New York City through greater awareness of the potential for serious injuries and fatalities while on the job.
NYC DOB has released a bulletin clarifying the 10’ horizonal span measurement in Section 3307.6.4.4, Item 7 of the 2022 New York City Building Code.
The existing code section on use of slurry (bentonite or other) to support an excavation (drilled uncased shafts) has been revised, more for clarity than anything else.
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The existing code required at least one means of egress from general open-cut excavations. The revision incorporates the OSHA requirement for multiple means of ingress/egress for trenches (trench definition: 4 feet or greater in depth and 15 feet or less in width) greater than 25 feet in length.
The revised code now requires the installation of smoke detectors and wet sprinklers or dry chemical extinguishers (commonly used today) and compliance with egress requirements of Chapter 10, as they relate to door width and travel distance.
A new section has been added to the code that is applicable to the construction of Class IV structures (colloquially known as “heavy timber” buildings).
Our Series on the 2022 New York City Building Code, Chapter 33, Safeguards During Construction or Demolition Continues. Today, we discuss BC 3303.5.5.3 Chute construction where the chute is over 75 feet in height or utilized in Group I occupancy.
The Department of Buildings is currently drafting rules to implement provisions of the 2022 Building Code concerning articulating boom cranes and telehandlers.
Our Series on the 2022 New York City Building Code, Chapter 33, Safeguards During Construction or Demolition Continues...