By Johan Soltani The DOB has issued Building Bulletin 2015-017 to clarify Code requirements for lot line windows. Lot line windows, up to now, were basically permitted as long as they were not more than 10% of the façade of the floor where they are proposed and they are not to… View more
By Andrew J. Pisani The DOB has issued a new Bulletin – BB 2015-025 – which clarifies the types of work subject to the 2014 Building Code for buildings whose existing fire alarm system was approved under the 2008 Code or prior Code. This Bulletin aims to clear up questions about what a… View more
By Renee Sosnowski As of 8/2/15 the DOB has begun enforcing the issuance of additional violations on a quarterly basis for continued failure to file a Benchmark Report of energy use. Building owners are required to perform annual analyses of their property’s total energy use and were required to submit these… View more
By Penny Laughlin The DOB is close to launching Inspection Ready, their new online inspection request and routing system. The system will allow building owners and licensed professionals to request inspections for Electrical, Fire Suppression, Construction, Elevators, Oil Burning Equipment, Plumbing, Signs, Boilers, Cranes & Derricks, BPP, Sustainability and High Rise… View more
By Garvey Thelemaque The DOB has issued a Service Notice Reminder to clarify filing fees and how they are calculated. Applications with change to use or occupancy (Alteration Type I) and additional square footage are now calculated by construction costs only. This is a departure from the past, when the square… View more
By Brian Redlein With summer behind us and the end-of-year rush ahead of us it’s important to take a pause to look at one of the least understood parts of the filing process: the Determination request. Determinations, also known as recons (reconsideration) and precons (pre-consideration) in the expediting industry, are forms that… View more
By Wayne Sheppard As a Harlem New York resident for almost 30 years of my life, I was thrilled to see that the area of Broadway, between West 135th& West 153rd Streets, has been included in NYCDOT’s Vision Zero Program. NYCDOT is studying corridor safety conditions on Broadway, in the Hamilton… View more