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What is NYC BC § 3307.6.5.10?

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This section mandates daily visual inspections of sidewalk sheds by designated personnel to ensure compliance with specific safety criteria, including the functionality of lights and the stability of the support structure. Applies to building owners and contractors responsible for construction work involving sidewalk sheds.

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3307.6.5.10 Daily inspection.

BC § 3307.6.5.10

Sidewalk sheds shall be visually inspected daily by a person designated by the general contractor, or where there is no general contractor, the contractor causing the work to be performed, or where there is no active work, by the building owner to verify compliance with Items 1 through 5 of this section.

1.The lights are functioning; 2. No brace or rail is hanging unattached at one or more ends; 3. No portions of the support structure are disconnected; 4. No section of parapet is missing; and 5. All legs remain on their support and are supported to the ground, and any wood blocking is free of visible rot. Exception: The inspections for a scaffold suspended or supported above a sidewalk shed shall be in accordance with Section 3314.

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