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By Bruno Caligara By now, many of you are gearing up for November 7, 2022, when the 2022 NYC Construction Codes become effective. Any projects filed on or after that date will fall under the new codes—unless specific actions are ...
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By Thomas Romero Following the Bronx fire that claimed 17 lives earlier this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law five pieces of fire safety legislation. The new laws reduce the timeline for correcting certain violations, impose ...
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By Andrew Pisani Happy New Year! Even though many of last year’s challenges remain, we are hopeful for a better and brighter 2021. To set the foundation for future success, now is a great time for administrative housekeeping, which includes ...
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By Penny Laughlin In case you missed the Department of Buildings’ first-ever virtual safety conference during Construction Safety Week in September, you can see the conference presentations on the DOB website. The build safe | live safe Digital 2020: Safety, ...
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By Renee Sosnowski As of November 2, 2020, the Department of Buildings (DOB) requires online payment of Immediately Hazardous (AEUHAZ) and Benchmarking Violation civil penalties. Payments received by mail after the effective date will be returned to sender. Online Penalty ...
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By Cesar Compres During the past decade, New York City agencies have redoubled their efforts to safeguard the public by passing more local laws and aggressively ramping up inspections. Now, with COVID-19 restricting the way we live and work, city ...
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By Bruno Caligara The Department of Buildings (DOB) has announced two new changes with immediate effective dates. The first concerns administrative closure of HUB jobs, and the second enforces Local Law 114 of 2019. Administrative Closures in HUB Effective July ...
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By Penny Laughlin It’s official. The automatic extensions granted for licenses/registrations and permits in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire. In addition, any licenses/registrations and permits issued by the Department of Buildings (DOB) with an ...
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By Frank Fortino UPDATE: March 18, 2020, 4:00 pm: DOT service notice, DOB Administrative service notice added. UPDATE: March 19, 2020, 4:00 pm: DEP notice, County Clerk notice, FDNY notice added. UPDATE: March 20, 2020, 4:00 pm: DOB Enforcement, Full ...
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By Andrew Pisani The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has announced the end of the Special Enforcement Program, known as the SEP Unit, which handled professional certification audits and inspections. A Brief Background The SEP unit was established ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Per Local Law 110 of 2019, owners of properties with violations must now publicize this fact, a requirement that went into effect on December 5, 2019. The manner of disclosing this information depends upon the location of ...
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By Frank Fortino As we’ve previously covered, Local Law 92 of 2019 and Local Law 94 of 2019 amend the New York City building code and administrative code, respectively, to require “sustainable roofing zones” on new buildings, new roofs created ...
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