By Frank Fortino On January 18, 2017, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) issued Buildings Bulletin 2017-001 to clarify testing requirements when altering fuel gas piping systems. While the New York City Fuel Gas Code (FGC) addresses required inspections and testing, the new bulletin provides a detailed explanation of… View more
By Mario Aurioso All Gas Test and Gas Finish self-certifications will no longer be allowed for work done in the borough of Manhattan. Gas Test and Gas Finish inspections will now require a physical inspection by the DOB. All inspections must be requested using DOB NOW: Inspections. The system will break… View more
By Brian Lafferty For all Builder Pavement Plan (BPP) applications, the BPP Plans or the Checklist in Lieu of Plans must be uploaded to DOB NOW: Inspections before an inspection may be requested. Two documents must be uploaded into DOB NOW: Inspections before requesting a BPP Inspection: 1) BPP Final Survey;… View more
By Mario Aurioso The Department of Buildings has created a dedicated Inspection Request process for property owners and contractors participating in the City’s Universal Pre-K program. Contractors need to register for the new DOB NOW: Inspections system. (This was previously Inspection Ready, and registrations will carry over.) Contractors can sign 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 Mario Aurioso The DOB is planning on launching Inspection Ready on December 8th. Preceding the official launch will be some down time and testing for some of the units. This down time will run from Dec 4th – 7th in order to test and prepare for the wider system launch…. View more
By Penny Laughlin The DOB is close to launching Inspection Ready, their new online inspection request and routing system. The system will allow building owners and licensed professionals to request inspections for Electrical, Fire Suppression, Construction, Elevators, Oil Burning Equipment, Plumbing, Signs, Boilers, Cranes & Derricks, BPP, Sustainability and High Rise… View more