By Penny Laughlin The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be presenting a series of trainings throughout 2016. The two topics of the trainings are Floodplain Management Training and Coastal Erosion Hazard Area Training. The Floodplain Management Training consists of a 6-Hour session, and will cover a range of… View more
By Brian Lafferty The DOB has made changes to its policy regarding service equipment. As of early December, 2015, the DOB has ceased allowing service equipment to be operated until a Certificate of Compliance is issued. This Certificate was previously called the Equipment Use Permit. The Certificate of Compliance will only… View more
By Brian Redlein 2015 was, by most measures, a crazy year. One need only look at some of the lavish Christmas parties being thrown to get the sense that this year brought in a huge amount of work and capital. For an industry given to riding the waves, 2015 looked like… View more
By Andrew J. Pisani The start of the new year always triggers one thing – the expiration of annual permits. These permits have a way of being over-looked, and it’s never a good idea to rely on the various City Agencies to send a reminder or annual bill on time. Please… View more
By Frank Fortino Our industry starts 2016 with great momentum, with another year of evolution behind us. Last year we again ushered in an updated Building Code, this year we hit the ground running working through the kinks of this transition. When new Codes are implemented, they place a spotlight on… View more
By Frank Fortino Last month, I wrote about the arrival of Inspection Ready program – a new program that will give complete transparency to owners and construction companies on many of the logistics of our industry. Inspection Ready will centralize: Scheduling construction inspections Results on the construction inspection Plumbing process and… View more
By Brian Redlein On Wednesday, December 16th at 9 am at the National Museum of the American Indian on One Bowling Green, the City Planning Commission shall be having its public hearing for the mandatory inclusionary housing zoning changes. You may have heard rumblings in the news about this recently in… View more