Attack Resistant N.Y. Building Code Urged
NU Online News Service, Sept. 9, 3:22 p.m. EDT?The head of a New York construction industry coalition issued a warning today that building codes for city skyscrapers are "woefully inadequate" to make buildings resistant to destruction by terrorist attack.
The alarm was sounded by Al Gerosa, president of the Concrete Alliance, a coalition of New York construction industry trade unions and contractors, which said it aims to improve the fire and blast safety of the city's commercial and residential buildings. The group is lobbying for requirements for the use of reinforced concrete.
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