By Austin Regan All of the easy sites have been built on already. Today’s developments are occurring on problematic properties. They may have soil hazmat issues or are located too close to transit tunnels or too far from utilities. We are starting to see examples of land-locked sites being developed. Building Code… View more
By Bruno Caligara There are circumstances when the DOB will allow for a building to have a single means of egress, and these generally depend on the occupancy and building height. Most buildings that fit the profile of such requests were built under the 1968 Code. Most occupancies at the first… View more
By Brian Redlein Spring of this year brought about one of the largest revisions to the zoning text in recent memory. With Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) touching on so many aspects of the ZRs with so many revisions it was frankly inevitable that a couple of “bugs” would wind… View more
By Renee Sosnowski The 2014 Fire Code replaced the 2 Certificates of Fitness for Fire Safety & Emergency Action Plan Directors with a single Certificate of Fitness for a Fire and Life Safety (FLS) Director. Beginning March 1, 2020, all occupancies currently required to be staffed by a Fire Safety/EAP Director… View more
By Austin Regan Mayor de Blasio recently signed a new Local Law that dictates that all single user toilet rooms must be labeled as Uni-Sex toilets. Obviously this law was in part a response to the recent gender identity issues that have become a point of conflict in some parts of… View more
By Brian Redlein With the make or break date of October 3rd fast approaching for the new NYCECC we are going to continue looking at the differences between the new and old. As usual the updated Code allows RAs and PEs a choice of actual Codes to follow – the IECC… View more
By Bruno Caligara Today’s security concerns has many building owners with high rise to low rise buildings, commercial, or residential uses, are looking into ways to provide protection for their tenants in the event of an active shooter situations. There are unexpected complications. The Building Code does not allow for many… View more