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Industry News / Violations
By Renee Sosnowski In February 2019, the Department of Buildings (DOB) updated the L2 form: Requests for Overrides, Reductions, or Waivers of Civil Penalties for Work Without a Permit and Stop Work Violations. The revised form includes an additional waiver ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Effective February 9, 2019, in accordance with Local Law 28 of 2019, the Department of Buildings (DOB) will not impose civil penalties for work without a permit violations for certain accessory signs. Specifically, business storefront signs that ...
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By Wayne Sheppard Since July 2017, the MTA has been working on improvements to the L train. The L Project includes tunnel rehabilitation work to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy, while increasing the tunnel’s resilience, as well as infrastructure upgrades ...
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By Andrew Pisani Mark your calendars. During Construction Safety Week (May 6-10), the Department of Buildings (DOB) will once again host its annual Build Safe | Live Safe Conference. This day-long series of seminars will take place Friday, May 10, ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Local Law 3 of 2018, which went into effect on January 1, 2019, limits the age of cranes to 25 years from their manufacture date. The change continues New York City’s efforts to promote construction site safety. ...
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By Penny Laughlin You may recall that the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) reorganized the BEST Squad, Excavation/Interior Demolition and Scaffold Safety Units in August 2018. That process created two new units, the Construction Safety Compliance (CSC) Unit ...
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By Rose Perez The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is seeking plumbing and electrical experts for the 2019 Master Plumbers & Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractors License Board (PLB) and the 2019 Master and Special Electrician Licensing Board ...
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By Andrew Pisani Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed a healthy and happy holiday season. Now it’s back to work, which includes keeping permits and registrations up to date. To help you start the year off on the right ...
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By Bruno Caligara In December 2018, the New York City Department of Buildings announced their plan for recovering outstanding fines. Under the authority of Local Law 160 of 2017, DOB will revoke active permits for buildings whose owners owe more ...
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By Frank Fortino As we kick off the New Year, the future looks bright not only for our industry, but also for New Yorkers in general. The New York City building boom, now in its fifth year, is still going ...
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By Penny Laughlin During the next few months, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) will launch its new online business portal, FDNY Business. As mentioned in our April 2018 article, the platform will work very much like DOB NOW. ...
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By Liliana Ovalles As of December 15, 2018, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) began stopping applications in the Buildings Information System (BIS) that conflict with information received from NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). Specifically, if HCR ...
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