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Industry News / Inspections
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: ...
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By Bruno Caligara With Inspection Ready starting soon, the DOB has announced a series a general information sessions to share details and answer questions about the new service. The sessions will run throughout the month of October, and all will ...
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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, ...
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By Johan Soltani DOB Commissioner Chandler is fulfilling his promise of streamlining the DOB permits and inspection process under his initiative Building One City. The DOB launched the first phase of its after-hours inspection program for High Rise Buildings on ...
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By Brian Lafferty The DOB is launching an after hour’s inspection pilot for development projects enrolled in the High Rise Program. Pilot participants can request after hours Construction, Plumbing and Electrical inspections. Inspections will be held after hours in the ...
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By Brian Lafferty The DOB has announced some changes to requirements for suspended scaffold installations. There are two types of suspended scaffolds that are subject to inspection – Adjustable suspended scaffolds, and non-adjustable suspended scaffolds that have a platform area ...
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By Penny Laughlin The 2014 Building Code deadline is around the corner, and with it are some administrative changes and updates. Starting October 1, 2014, new Special Inspection categories, registration and filing requirements will go into effect. Accreditation for the ...
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By Penny Laughlin As expected we’re starting to see new requirements under the 2014 Code. One of the first is a new requirement calling for Special Inspections for select demolitions. There are two types of demolitions which now require Special ...
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By Renee Sosnowski LL141 was signed at the end of 2013, and Rule 103-02 goes into effect next week – on May 5, 2014. Rule 103-02 is being amended to reflect the new provisions enacted by LL141, which changes the ...
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By Penny Laughlin The last thing most owners want to plan for is their property being deemed Structurally Compromised. If it happens, it’s best to be ready. If a building is deemed SCB, the owner has 60 days to have ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani The Department of Buildings has recently released additional inspections requirements for Local Law 10 Facade Inspection Report. As a refresher, LL 10 mandates that building owners must have their exterior walls and appurtenances inspected by a ...
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