Masonry Magazine January 1971 Page. 23
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This underlines the need for increasing standards of materials used in so-called fire.
The New York Building Code was developed with prevention experts is shocking in view of the risks to human life in the last two skyscrapers.
Even standards seems to come from the manufacturers who want their materials covered. Main-street doesn't hear about it until there is a fire.
"Before more fire disasters incinerate helpless workers, the building code should be overhauled drastically in cooperation with fire prevention specialists to require realistic performance standards throughout high rise structures.
"It simply doesn't take an expert to recognize that in New York City we have hundreds of these so-called "fireproof" buildings... any one of which is a potential fire trap.
"I am convinced that architects and engineers are going to insist on tougher fire-safety standards in the Building Code. I am hopeful that the general public will also pressure for safety standards in these modern new skyscrapers that they thought were fireproof.