Developer of unstable building in NYC says it was never in danger of collapse
Crews and inspectors say no movement has been detected as four nearby buildings stay evacuated and shoring work nears completion.
- Construction crews have been working day and night to stabilize a building on 42nd Street that had structural issues, with two columns buckling and several floors sagging.
- The developer, Gus Manessis, said the building was never at risk of collapse and that the issue was strictly structural, caused by adding too much load on certain columns.
- Officials said significant progress has been made in stabilizing the building, with supports being added to every floor from the ninth floor up to the roof.
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New York’s Department of Investigation launches inquiry into buckling Manhattan high rise
By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Department of Investigation has opened an inquiry after a Manhattan high-rise’s columns buckled earlier this week, forcing workers to flee and officials to evacuate neighboring buildings and close down roads, a spokesperson for the department told CNN. The developer behind the skyscraper – the former Pfizer headquarters being converted into apartments – previously told CNN that faulty column suppo…
‘Almost never-ending amount of lawsuits’ could come after Midtown building collapse
A torrent of lawsuits is likely to follow the partial collapse of a Midtown building earlier this week, attorneys say. Not only are the building’s owners, developers, contractors and engineers expected to begin pointing fingers at each other in court for what went wrong, the thousands of people and businesses impacted Tuesday when structural columns...
New York construction scare highlights challenges of converting offices into housing
The buckling of two steel columns at the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan has raised questions about one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions. Engineers say it highlights the complexity of adaptive reuse projects, but not a flaw in the…
In New York, an office building almost collapsed to be transformed into a residential building, an example of how complicated such projects can be due to conflicting interests.
More Worker Injuries Revealed at Evacuated Midtown Tower
Diana Ruiz Cabrera was several hours into her shift at the massive office-to-residential conversion at the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown in mid-February when she slipped from a step ladder and fell on her back about five feet below, tearing several ligaments in her ankle in the process. She left the structure in tears, descending via a hoist from where she fell on the tower’s 7th floor, and was escorted by a supervisor to a car that took…
The near-collapsed Midtown building is now stable, but its finances may not be
Experts say the structural failure at the Pfizer Building could cause financial problems and a lingering stigma — but that the city’s housing shortage means renters will probably move in anyway.
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