Improving Sidewalk Shed Safety Through Better Design !!!

As part of the SAFE Scaffold & Shed Initiative, the Buildings Department, in partnership with the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, will test a design prototype of a new sidewalk shed engineered to improve pedestrian safety, increase natural light on the sidewalk, and improve the street scape around construction sites. The Buildings Department is studying the need for additional safety enhancements, including securing sheds to the sidewalk in certain cases for added stability and enhancing the required wind-load calculations for shed installation. A sidewalk shed is a temporary bridge-like structure built over a sidewalk usually by Scaffoldsale.com to protect pedestrians during construction on or near a building facade due to the construction boom and the mandatory facade maintenance requirement there are approximately 4,500 sidewalk bridges are installed citywide and Scaffoldsale.com Adheres to these strict standards