WTC security and emergency response newspaper article

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

THE SKYSCRAPERS

Engineers Say Other Buildings Seem Intact Continued From Page Bl ' On the northern edge of Battery and Construction, in cooperation Park City near the Embassy Suites with the Port Authority of New York Hotel and the movie theater, there is and New Jersey and private sector ing or replacing heating, cooling and no apparent structural damage. consultants. ventilation systems; replacing hun­ A handful of buildings have not The command center of the dreds of windows; restoring elec-- been inspected thoroughly yet, in­ project is on the second floor of Pub­ trtoity and installing or repairing fire cluding three on Cedar Street, in part lic School/Intermediate School 89, at alarms and security systems. because of their proximity to the the intersection of Chambers and c;; VMerriU Lynch will not put one center of the impact zone. West Streets. Boxes of hard hats and person back into any of our buildings The effort to assess the damage to goggles sit in the entrance hallway. until we are absolutely sure that they the 195 buildings in the area has Six major construction companies will be safe,” said Rich Silverman, a involved about 100 engineers making in the New York region have been Merrill Lynch spokesman. the inspections, officials said. On av­ recruited.to help with the work: Tul­ “John F. Heimessy III, the chair­ ly Construction, Amec Construction man of Syska and Hennessy, a engi­ Management, Bovis Lend Lease, neering firm that specializes in me- Turner Construction, Plaza Con­ ;«lianical and electrical systems, said A study finds no struction and Tishman Construction. problems inside the buildings LZA/Thomton-Tomasetti Group is vwere likely to be similar to those overseeing the individual building -.encountered after the 1993 bombing need for extensive assessments. Mueser Rutledge, an­ of the trade center. other engineering consulting compa­ -n; ”One of the big problems there demolition. ny, is working to ensure that the iWas getting the building clean be- massive underground walls that sur­ ’•eause there was a tremendous round the World Trade Center com­ amount of smoke that went through erage, about 2,000 workers, using ev­ plex and hold back the Hudson River athe, building,” said Mr. Hennessy, erything from large cranes to metal are not compromised. oWhQse firm worked on the trade cen- cutters, are at the site each day, This work is under way as fire­ .(ter after the bombing and has been removing debris and preventing fighters continue to douse smolder­ -^ed to rebuild systems in the interi- damaged facades from tumbling. ing debris. In a classroom at the oorpf the Pentagon. school used by the engineers and city - jThe appearance of the residential For example, a beam from one of the officials as a meeting room, bins of buildings where thousands of people World Trade Center towers pierced colored building blocks sat on . S^ye south of Gateway Plaza in Bat- the facade of 3 World Financial Cen­ shelves and children’s books sat jeiy Park City supports Mayor Ru- ter, and workers have tied it down abandoned. A large spiral notebook .jdoiph W. Giuliani’s assertions that until it can be safely removed. propped up in one comer had been ^ey have suffered.no major dam- The building assessment and carefully lettered with this message: , although dozens of widows cm cleanup effort is led by Michael Bur­ “Jack be nimble, east facade of Gateway Plaza ton, executive deputy commissioner, Jack be quick. ;^ye been blown (Hit. of the city's Department of Design Jack jump over the candlestick.”

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