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comfort,” he said. “Future energy efficiency regulations will specify increasingly higher insulation requirements throughout the building envelope, especially at balconies, parapets, canopies, and other structural penetrations responsible for significant heat loss when not insulated. I fully expect ASHRAE, the International Code Council, the U.S. Department of Energy, and other regulatory agencies to specify that build- ing envelopes be insulated at balconies and other structural penetrations as an explicit code requirement.”
Law Requires Construction Supers on NYC Projects Above Three Stories A measure that will require contractors to retain construction superintendents for all major projects at buildings over three sto- ries was among the 14 pieces of legislation signed into law May 10 by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Several were related to construction safety and construction cranes. “Today we have a mix of bills that
improve transparency and public access to information, help create a more equitable and accessible city, increase construction safety, as well as bills involving the web portal used by vendors who do business with the City of New York,” de Blasio said. “I would like to thank Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the sponsors of these bills for continuing the fight for trans- parency, equity, accessibility, and safety for all New Yorkers.”
The speaker said the City Council “is proud to support our local vendors and emergency personnel, among the many other residents who will be positively im- pacted by the legislation being signed this afternoon. Whether it is the construction workers gaining proper safety oversight for their work zones or the parents of small children who will now be equipped with enhanced college savings information, New Yorkers of all kinds stand to benefit from the outcomes of these initiatives. I thank Mayor de Blasio for signing these es-
sential measures into law today.”
One bill, Intro. 81-A, requires the De-
partment of Buildings (DOB) to notify OSHA about construction code violations that may endanger workers. Intro. 1433-A requires the department to list online the injuries and fatalities that have occurred on a construction site. “Every injury and every death on a construction site must be count- ed regardless of a violation—whether a con- struction worker or member of the public, everyone must be counted. By counting every injury and death, we’ll be able to see who is getting hurt, where, and why so that we as a city can make construction safer. We must count every life,” explained Coun- cil Member Ben Kallos. “While Occupa- tional Safety and Health Administration and the Department of Buildings count in- juries and deaths in a different way, the city will count everyone, requiring reporting within 72 hours about contractors, the in- cident, nature of work, hours on the job, in- juries, who was hurt, collective bargaining
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