http://cribcandy.com/home/picks/urbanshed-design-a-better-sidewalk-shed-and-win-10000/22442/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 24 May 2012 19:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://cribcandy.com/home/picks/urbanshed-design-a-better-sidewalk-shed-and-win-10000/22442/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Sidewalk Shed Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:12:07 +0000 As part of the SAFE Scaffold & Shed Initiative, the Buildings Department, in partnership with the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will test a design prototype of a new sidewalk shed engineered to improve pedestrian safety, increase natural light on the sidewalk, and improve the streetscape around construction sites. The Buildings Department is studying the need for additional safety enhancements, including securing sheds to the sidewalk in certain cases for added stability and enhancing the required wind-load calculations for shed installation. A sidewalk shed is a temporary bridge-like structure built over a sidewalk usually by Sidewalkshed.com to protect pedestrians during construction on or near a building’s facade. Due to the construction boom and the mandatory facade-maintenance requirements, there are approximately 4,500 sidewalk sheds installed citywide and SidewalkBridges.com Adheres to these strick standards. http://www.SidewalkShed.com (914)512-7619 As part of the SAFE Scaffold & Shed Initiative, the Buildings Department, in partnership with the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will test a design prototype of a new sidewalk shed engineered to improve pedestrian safety, increase natural light on the sidewalk, and improve the streetscape around construction sites. The Buildings Department is studying the need for additional safety enhancements, including securing sheds to the sidewalk in certain cases for added stability and enhancing the required wind-load calculations for shed installation. A sidewalk shed is a temporary bridge-like structure built over a sidewalk usually by Sidewalkshed.com to protect pedestrians during construction on or near a building’s facade. Due to the construction boom and the mandatory facade-maintenance requirements, there are approximately 4,500 sidewalk sheds installed citywide and SidewalkBridges.com Adheres to these strick standards. http://www.SidewalkShed.com (914)512-7619

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