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Next week (March 12 to March 16), Superstructure work will continue at 7th and 8th floor levels. Deliveries for the internal systems of the building have been ongoing and will continue, although they should not greatly affect the flow of pedestrian and road traffic.

The following week (March 19 to March 23), we will continue superstructure concrete and slabs on the 8th floor level. Deliveries for the internal systems of the building have been ongoing and will continue, although they should not greatly affect the flow of pedestrian and road traffic. We also have an approved After Hours Variance for Thursday and Friday in anticipation of a large concrete pour happening on one of those days.

This weekend the site will be open on Saturday, March 10th for superstructure related activities between the work hours of 7AM and 5PM as permitted by the City. To control noise levels within the site, work activities will be limited to the placement of formwork and concrete, plumbing and electrical work, rebar for concrete placement, using the crane and equipment to support all activities. Safety horns are used, and required by law, to coordinate lifting with the crane and to alert the workers of the danger overhead. We have directed the operators to limit the use of horns to one short sounding and to use the crane later in the day so as to avoid any excess noise.

In addition, tomorrow, Friday the 9th, we will be starting operations at 6am in anticipation of a large concrete pour and will more than likely, with notification of the Department of Buildings, be going later into the evening to finish. Also on the weekend of the 10th the 14th St. Con Ed Vault utility connection street work will continue per DOT Permit granted for weekends only.

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    We accept the following working and non-working consumer electronic equipment:

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    • Network devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc.)
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    • Tablets and e-readers
    • Components (hard drives, CD-ROMs, circuit boards, power supplies, etc.)
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    • TVs, VCRs, DVRs, DVD & Blu-ray Players
    • Digital Converter Boxes, Cable/Satellite Receivers
    • Portable music players
    • Audio-visual equipment
    • Video-games
    • Cell phones, pagers, PDAs
    • Telecommunication (phones, answering machines, etc.)

    We no longer accept:

    Batteries (except lead-acid batteries from UPS (uninterrupted power supplies) systems, rechargeable batteries can be dropped off for recycling at any store that sells them, also check out IKEA and Staples stores for battery recycling.

    Media, such as disks, DVDs, VHS tapes, cassette tapes, etc.

    Please visit greendisk.com to purchase a shipping label to get these items recycled

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