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this duty of care by failing adequately to design and construct 7WTC so that it "would
not weaken or sustain damage causing the building to collapse in the event of fire or other
casualty." (Am. Compl. 7272 ¶ 169.) The Amended Complaint alleges generally that the
defendants were negligent in the design of 7WTC, that they failed adequately to
supervise the construction of 7WTC, and that they failed to comply with applicable
statutes, regulations and industry standards. (Am. Compl. 7272 ¶ 170.)
3. The Construction Defendants for New York City's Office of Emergency Management
Construction Defendants for OEM's command center--Swanke Hayden
Connell Architects ("Swanke"), the principal architect; Ambassador Construction Co.
Inc. ("Ambassador"), the general contractor; Cosentini Associates, Inc. ("Cosentini"), the
subcontractor engineer; Cantor Seinuk Group, P.C. ("Cantor Seinuk"), the structural
engineer (a successor in interest to Irwin Cantor); H.O. Penn Machinery Co., Inc. "(H.O.
Penn"), Kaback Enterprises ("Kaback"), Electric Power Systems, Inc. ("Electric Power"),
and American Power Technologies, Inc. ("American Power") the manufacturers,
suppliers, and installers of the backup generators and related fuel distribution apparatus;
Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp. ("Preferred"), the manufacturer and/or installer
of the oil pump cutoff switches and related fuel distribution apparatus associated with the
backup generators; G.C. Engineering & Associates, P.C. ("G.C. Engineering"), the
manufacturer, and/or installer of the fuel supply pipes and related fuel distribution
apparatus associated with the backup generators; Firecom, Inc. ("Firecom"), the
manufacturer, supplier and installer of the fire suppression system; Grace Construction
Products ("Grace") and Fiberlock Technologies, Inc. ("Fiberlock"), the manufacturers,
and/or installers of the fireproofing system; Rosenwach Tank Co., Inc. ("Rosenwach"),
