By Frank Fortino UPDATE: March 18, 2020, 4:00 pm: DOT service notice, DOB Administrative service notice added. UPDATE: March 19, 2020, 4:00 pm: DEP notice, County Clerk notice, FDNY notice added. UPDATE: March 20, 2020, 4:00 pm: DOB Enforcement, Full Demo & Site Safety Plans notice, and Executive Order added. To… View more
By Andrew Pisani The phase-in period of Local Law 196 of 2017 is now over. As of December 1, 2019, all jobs that are required to designate a Construction Superintendent, Site Safety Coordinator, or Site Safety Manager must ensure that every worker on the job has completed 30 hours of OSHA site… View more
By Wayne Sheppard Please join the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Department of Transportation (DOT) and other city agencies in making our streets safer. Despite significant improvements in recent years, more than 250 people are killed and approximately 4,000 are seriously injured every year in automobile crashes. For children under… View more
By Andrew Pisani Last month, the Department of Buildings (DOB) deployed more than 90 inspectors throughout the five boroughs to conduct safety sweeps of construction sites, following the deaths of three construction workers who lost their lives in separate, on-the-job accidents. The inspectors hail from several specialized units, including the Cranes… View more
By Penny Laughlin Owners of private homes with elevators still have time to request an inspection of the device with no penalty. The Department of Buildings (DOB) announced the three-month program on March 1, 2019. During this time, DOB will conduct initial inspections and tests of registered or unregistered private elevators… View more
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, at Convene, located at 117 West 46th Street in Manhattan. The… View more
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 and the Construction Safety Enforcement Unit (CSE). These new entities are… View more
