By Frank Fortino It’s safe to say our industry is constantly evolving. Code, materials, intelligence, laws and best practices continually change. From time to time, issues and problems flare up, and the DOB looks for patterns. When there’s a cluster, it’s usually time to address the issue. One such issue involves… View more
By Mario Aurioso The LAA division has made some changes, and the following cannot be e-filed: Relocation of a Siamese connection or when a sprinkler/standpipe system is required to be shut off for eight hours or more Additional meters for one- or two-family homes Adding heating appliances or increasing the BTUs… View more
By Brian Lafferty The DOB is using email addresses as an identifier for the Inspection Ready program. To make inspection requests and view results, the email address used to register for Inspection Ready must match the Email Address field on the initial PW1 filed with the application. If you are an… View more
By Penny Laughlin For the last 20 years, the DOB has had a Professional Self Certification Program. The logic was straightforward – Registered professionals had the training and experience, as well as integrity to stand by their own work. With the release of BB 2016-10, the DOB has filled in some… View more
By Mario Aurioso The DOB has announced a new initiative to inspect all gas plumbing jobs prior to allowing service to be turned on. The program will kick in over the summer, and will be performed by 22 newly-hired plumbing inspectors who will focus on gas safety. Illegal gas work has… View more
By Garvey Thelemaque This month, the DOB announced the adoption of a new software tool to help with Plan Review. Introduced recently by Deputy Borough Commissioner Rodney Gittens, Blue Beam is a proven tool which helps government agencies adopt more efficient processes for permitting and electronic plan review. DOB Plan Examiners will use… View more
By Penny Laughlin City College of New York is hosting a series of trainings for Filing Representatives over the next several months. There are two types of Filing Reps, and thus two different trainings. The training for a Class 1 Filing Representative runs for 16 hours over two days. The training… View more