New York — The New York City Department of Buildings is reminding construction contractors of their obligation to stop “foam snow” from littering sidewalks and streets.
Foam snow varieties when crews minimize Styrofoam and different polystyrene foams for insulation and exterior insulation and end programs, in line with a DOB construction advisory printed July 3. Residual particles typically blow off the jobsite and litter the encompassing space. The set up waste particles “generates a slipping hazard, and can clog storm drains and pollute waterways.”
Inadequate housekeeping violations may end up in fines and enforcement motion.
DOB gives the following tips:
- Follow producer directions on putting in, sanding, chopping, dealing with and disposing of insulation.
- Use sanding and chopping machines with vacuum attachments.
- Continually vacuum scaffolds and work areas when sanding and chopping.
- Immediately vacuum sidewalks and different publicly accessible areas when set up waste particles is current.
- Enclose scaffolds (when sensible) and work areas with tarps or comparable tight enclosures to comprise the particles.
- Provide correct containers for disposing of the particles.
- Vacuum any particles that seems when unwrapping insulation supplies, together with the perimeters of supplies which were minimize earlier than set up.
- After shifts, carry out an intensive jobsite inspection – inspecting scaffolds, nets, tops of sidewalk sheds, balconies, and many others. – and vacuum any particles.
