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Department of Buildings / Industry News
By Tynesha Goode Effective January 10, 2021, new buildings and alterations that include replacement of all exterior glazing must comply with Local Law 15 of 2020, which requires bird-friendly design and construction. The law excludes alterations that do not replace ...
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By Penny Laughlin Per Local Law 106 of 2019, new Tenant Protection Plan (TPP) requirements went into effect on November 10, 2020. The registered design professional responsible for preparing the TPP must now be retained by the general contractor. The ...
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By Rose Perez For owners of buildings in community districts 1, 3, and 10, the first gas piping inspections required by Local Law 152 of 2016 are due by December 31, 2020. The law, which went into effect on January ...
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By Penny Laughlin In case you missed the Department of Buildings’ first-ever virtual safety conference during Construction Safety Week in September, you can see the conference presentations on the DOB website. The build safe | live safe Digital 2020: Safety, ...
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By Frank Fortino Last month, I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking at RealFocus 2020, a full-day industry conference sponsored by SiteCompli. The session “DOB Code Compliance Updates & Outlook” focused on post-COVID changes at the Department of Buildings ...
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By Tynesha Goode New York City has extended the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP) until March 1, 2022. The program, which replaced the Industrial Commercial Exemption program (ICIP), provides for a partial abatement of taxes for eligible industrial or ...
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By Andrew Pisani The compliance deadline for Local Law 191 of 2018 is fast approaching. This local law amended the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code with respect to commercial space ...
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By Frank Fortino Last month, the FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention’s Office of Technology Management released optional guidelines for designing fire alarm systems in high-rise buildings predominantly classified as Group B office. Such buildings often follow a “core and shell” ...
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By Tynesha Goode The Department of Buildings (DOB) has extended the amnesty period for the Façade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP) to October 31, 2020. The amnesty program applies only to non-compliant Cycle 8 owners. No further extensions will be ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Effective October 3, 2020, property owners who fail to certify correction of certain immediately hazardous violations face new penalties. The change has been codified in a new section (Section 102-05) added to Subchapter B of Chapter 100 ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Per Local Law 33 of 2018, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, owners of buildings on the NYC Benchmarking Covered Building List must post a Building Energy Efficiency Rating Label in a conspicuous location near ...
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By Andrew Pisani Do you remember when New York City passed the Climate Mobilization Act? It happened in May 2019, and it was a big deal in the pre-pandemic world. The biggest game-changer in that collection of legislation was Local ...
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