Collapse site in ‘top to bottom’ review

lower manhattan. Inspectors from the Dept. of Buildings will do a “top to bottom” review of crane operations today at a site near Ground Zero where seven tons of falling steel seriously injured an architect last week, officials said yesterday.

Tishman Construction Corp. spokesman Richard Kielar said DOB officials visited the 200 Murray St. site Saturday and lifted all stop work orders except for crane operations, pending an ongoing investigation.

Architect Richard Woo, 39, remained hospitalized in stable condition yesterday but may never walk again after suffering a spinal injury, according to press reports. An employee of Toronto-based Adamson Associates Architects, Woo was working in a trailer near the $2 billion future headquarters of Goldman Sachs when a nylon sling failed early Friday, sending 14,000 pounds of 30-foot metal studs to the ground roughly 13 stories below. The sling was designed to carry up to 19,000 pounds, according to a DOB spokeswoman.

Five violations were issued following the accident, including four to Tishman and another to the contractor leasing the crane for unsafe hoisting operations.

The crane accident set off Notify NYC, the city’s pilot program to send text messages, e-mails and automatic telephone calls to disseminate critical information during emergencies.

“I know lots of people got it and they were happy to understand what was going on,” Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Bruno told Metro. Lower Manhattan “is particularly nervous about what goes on there, so I think it was effective.”

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source: metro.us