PROJECT PHOTOS
Local Law 11 requires periodic facade inspection and repair on New York City buildings, and when overhead work passes above sensitive rooftop equipment, the equipment must be protected before work can begin. A major NYC utility brought in Eagle Scaffolding to design and install a protection deck over mechanical equipment on their corporate office building’s 3rd-floor setback roof, ahead of LL11 facade work above.
Eagle’s crew built a scaffold stair tower for safe roof access, then erected a full systems scaffold framework across the setback. The team boomed long-span beams and decking material from street level and set them in place, then topped them with secured wood plank decking and wired them down to withstand overhead work. The deck was completed on schedule, with safety protocols followed through every phase of the build and the entire installation documented from start to finish, leaving the mechanical equipment fully protected for the duration of the overhead Local Law 11 work.
SCAFFOLDING TERMINOLOGY
What is Local Law 11?
Local Law 11 (also known as FISP, the Facade Inspection & Safety Program) requires owners of New York City buildings taller than six stories to have their facades inspected every five years and repaired if necessary. Without it, deteriorating facades could go unnoticed for years, putting pedestrians below at risk from loose or falling material. The law forces those problems to be caught early, and access solutions like scaffolding and protection decking are what make it possible to fix them safely.