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Work Resumes at Trump SoHo
The Buildings Department is allowing work to partially proceed at the Trump SoHo Towers on Spring Street.
by Cindy Rodriguez
NEW YORK, NY April 01, 2008 —REPORTER: The construction site has been plagued with problems. A stop-work order was first issued in January after a concrete slab collapsed killing 1 worker.
The city says inspectors will visit the site daily and the contractor, Bovis Lend Lease, has agreed to increase supervision and require workers to pass an 8-hour training course.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has been a vocal critic of the Building's Department, but commended the agency for the extra monitoring.
STRINGER: They should use this as a model for sites around the city. I have argued that we need to make sure that construction and development proceed both in Manhattan and around the city but clearly there is a need to look at how we can improve our safety protocols.
REPORTER: The city says work will only be allowed on the first 23 floors of the building that reaches more than 40 stories high.
A stop-work order remains on crane operations.
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