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'Self-Certified' NYC Building Plans Rife With Violations
East News • May 27, 2008
More than eight in 10 building plans vetted by architects and engineers -- instead of city inspectors -- violate zoning rules, New York City reviews of the plans found.
The Buildings Department ...
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| Self Certification should be abolish | John J. Garcia | Jul 9, 2008, 7:30 pm |
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| Self Checks | GH | May 28, 2008, 7:16 pm |
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Subject: RE: Self checks
They gave the number on zoning violations in this article, but what about that surely upspoken building violations that they found as a result?
When you're checking out in your local grocery line do you have to shop for potentially 10's of thousands of people? And do you have to make what you're buying last for 50-100 years - like when an architect certifies building plans?
Even an 8th grade technology class could tell us that a structure can only be as strong as it's weakest link.
Say some architect under high pressure to meet a deadline miss calculates the structural stability of a load bearing wall? Opening day the building fills to its limit and that miscalculated wall buckles sideways. This starts a chain reaction that knocks over dozens of surrounding structures, killing 100's and wounding twice that many.
All because of the arrogance of those that didn't like to have their work proofed before handing it in.
Again, are you really serious about your analogy of buying a loaf of bread to the safety of thousands of people in a building? Probably like the one you're sitting in right now reading this.