{"id":978,"date":"2012-03-01T15:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T20:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/?p=978"},"modified":"2012-06-04T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T17:14:10","slug":"a-city-of-sidewalk-sheds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/a-city-of-sidewalk-sheds\/","title":{"rendered":"A City of Sidewalk Sheds"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you wend your way through the streets of New York, especially in Manhattan, you can\u2019t avoid walking under or around construction sheds, those ubiquitous steel-and-plywood structures covering large tracts of the city\u2019s sidewalks. Just how ubiquitous are they? According to the Buildings Departments, there are approximately 6,000 sidewalk sheds in New York City, covering more than one million feet (that's 190 miles) of walkways. Chances are, your building has had, now has, or will have a shed installed along its facades during an exterior repair program.<\/p>\n

Although sidewalk sheds can be an eyesore\u2014and a nuisance to store owners whose signs and windows they obscure\u2014they are also necessary to protect pedestrians in a city constantly undergoing construction work.<\/p>\n

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There are approximately 6,000 sidewalk sheds in New York City.<\/p><\/div>\n

Rand administers dozens of exterior repair and restoration projects each year, the vast of majority of which require a sidewalk shed. We\u2019re often asked if it\u2019s permissible for a shed to extend across the property line of an adjacent building. Not only is it permissible\u2014it\u2019s required. According to New York City building code, a sidewalk shed must extend five feet beyond a building less than 100 feet tall and 20 feet beyond one 100 feet or higher.<\/p>\n

In our latest Ask the Engineer<\/a> column, we look at other common questions and concerns that building owners, managers, and residents have about sidewalk sheds, such as:<\/p>\n