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Safety

Expanded Accountability for Construction Superintendents

Until now, a Construction Superintendent was required for New Buildings and full building demolitions which were 9 stories and below. Their job responsibility involved supervising a site, notifying the DOB of any incidents, confirming work was being performed as per ...

Company News

Remembering

By Andrew J. Pisani With the 15th anniversary of September 11, 2001 drawing near, it’s startling to realize how quickly time passes. For me, that day remains as vivid as ever. I was just 2 block north on Church Street ...

Code & Zoning

Transgender Trends & Handicap Compliance

By Austin Regan Mayor de Blasio recently signed a new Local Law that dictates that all single user toilet rooms must be labeled as Uni-Sex toilets. Obviously this law was in part a response to the recent gender identity issues ...

Industry News / Transportation

DOT Concept Turns Brooklyn Bridge into Times Square in the Sky

By Wayne Sheppard For many cyclists and pedestrians, traveling across the Brooklyn Bridge is far from pleasant. Squeezing onto a ten-foot-wide (17 feet at its widest) elevated path intended for shared use may no longer be viable as the bridge ...

Code & Zoning

Security Concerns Fuels New Stair Protection

By Bruno Caligara Today’s security concerns has many building owners with high rise to low rise buildings, commercial, or residential uses, are looking into ways to provide protection for their tenants in the event of an active shooter situations. There ...

Department of Buildings / Industry News

Facade Report Filings Not Available in BIS

By Renee Sosnowski DOB NOW: Safety will soon allow licensed professionals and owners to submit their façade compliance filings online. The system is scheduled to start accepting filings on September 12, 2016. Effective August 31, 2016 façade compliance filings or ...

Department of Buildings / Industry News / Inspections

DOB Now: BPP Requirements Before Inspections

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 ...

Code & Zoning / Energy Code

Getting to Know the ASHRAE 90.1-2013 – Building Envelope

By Brian Redlein With the make or break date of October 3rd fast approaching for the new NYCECC we are going to continue looking at the differences between the new and old. As usual the updated Code allows RAs and ...