Jump to full article: New York Times, 2008-07-17
Author: COLIN MOYNIHAN
Intro: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced broad changes on Wednesday in how the city will regulate building sites and share information between agencies to improve the inspection process and avoid tragedies like last summer’s fire at the Deutsche Bank tower in Lower Manhattan.
The 33 recommended measures are an outgrowth of a six-month study by the mayor’s staff, which reviewed flaws in the way the city inspects construction locations, demolition sites and places where asbestos abatement is taking place.
Two firefighters died last August after responding to a fire believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette at the former Deutsche Bank tower. . . .
Some of the changes will address conditions that contributed to the fire. Standpipes will be subject to more stringent inspections, for instance, and smoking bans at specified work sites will be strengthened.
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