Officials working to reinforce a Midtown Manhattan building after some of its support columns buckled will continue their efforts Wednesday after saying they made good progress, allowing many of those evacuated from nearby buildings to return.
“We are feeling confident that many of the emergency shoring measures that have been put in place … is stabilizing the situation,” NYC Department of Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani said Tuesday night.
“Jacks are in place to hold up and stabilize where the weak points are, but they are also installing new steel as another emergency intervention, which is creating stability and allowing workers and material to move into place and keep the building in a stable situation,” Tigani added, noting crews had not seen any further movement of the building, which is being renovated.
Crews were seen working in the building late into the night, placing additional supports in the area of the crumpled columns.