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By Bruno Caligara Landlords of multifamily buildings are legally required to install and maintain window fall prevention/guards. All landlords must include a “Window Guards Required” notice for new tenants, in bold face and at least (10) point type. The notice must be ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The DOB is proposing to repeal several Rules relating to Elevators. The proposed Rule: – Repeals rules relating to the safety code for existing elevators and escalators; – Repeals rules relating to the safety code for machine-room-less ...
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By Penny Laughlin Interested in putting your mark on Energy Policy? The Dob is currently accepting applications from members of our industry – to serve on the NYCEC Advisory Committee. This group will help develop and review amendments to the ...
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By Brian Redlein It must be said, that the single biggest item holding up new building approvals at DOB these days seems to boil down to one word: Energy. With greater awareness of human impact on global climate in recent ...
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By Frank Fortino We speak often of building materials, and how the evolution of these materials shapes our industry. As time passes, new material make old ones obsolete. They pave the way for construction techniques impossible to imagine in the ...
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By Bruno Caligara One of the most common questions many residential homeowners have relates to the space below their first floor. Is this space a basement? Is it a cellar? More importantly, what can it be used for? The easiest ...
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By Johan Soltani Under the previous Code, commercial or mixed use buildings with non-residential use that were greater than 420 feet high were required to have 2 egress fire stairs. This is about to change. While intended to be part ...
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By Austin Regan There was a time when the hardest part of the DOB process was getting an approval. Times have changed – now the most difficult stage of the job is obtaining a permit. Most new buildings that we ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Time flies when you’re having fun. Just like that, 5 years have passed since you filed your Local Law 11 Façade report. Local Law 11 Façade Cycle 8 filing is upon us, and there are new details ...
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By Brian Redlein Prior to the arrival of the 2008 Building Code, vertically enlarging a single-family townhome or detached residence was relatively straightforward. The architect was allowed to provide one means of egress from each floor, which usually took the form ...
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By Brian Redlein The price of air in New York City is becoming more expensive as trading of air rights is more prevalent than it’s ever been before. Air rights are unused or excess development rights measured by square footage ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The FDNY is proposing to repeal ten Fire Department rules, the content of which was incorporated into the 2014 Fire Code. Six Fire Department rules are proposed to be amended to make various editorial revisions in conjunction ...
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