Kate Lindquist, a spokeswoman for the Department of Buildings, which was investigating the accident, said a stop-work order was issued for work on the exterior of the building and on the floors that have yet to be enclosed with the panels.
Always do the home remodeling work to the interior of the home before doing any noticeable work on the exterior.
The McHales have carried out conservation work on the exterior of the property, including restoring brickwork, railings, doors and windows.
The most elaborate example of his work is the exterior of the Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, which he planned and built in the early 1950s.
To undertake the renovation, Mr. Shellhammer hired a contractor, who added two bathrooms (for a total of four), transformed an unfinished basement into a games room, and reconfigured bedrooms and the main staircase in just 10 weeks (work on the exterior continues).
Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told its governing board that North Korea had "largely completed work on the exterior of the main buildings" of a new nuclear reactor under construction in the North's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang, according to Reuters.
Work on the exterior stretched from 1977 to 2000 and, aside from endless paint sampling, included the restoration of the Tuscan portico, the reinstatement of the original arrangement of windows in the aisles, extensive repairs to the tower and spire, and the reconstruction of Hawksmoor's external flight of double stairs on the south side.
"With the standardisation of work spaces, the exterior mattered little in the long run, and architectural aesthetics were unnecessary, which worried him greatly – because at the other end of the spectrum were the Eero Saarinens and Jørn Utzons, one-off gymnastic performers.
Brian Regan, the deputy director of the Morgan Library, says work on the exterior of the house is awaiting a report from a conservation firm, Jablonski Berkowitz Conservation, on how the facade, especially the color, has been changed by repeated applications of stucco, paint and other covering materials.
