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By Bruno Caligara Multiple Dwellings have their own slate of compliance regulations. One question that arises is whether or not a protective shed for window replacements is required within Multiple Dwellings. The answer, it turns out, is found in a low ...
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By Brian Lafferty After a year of site accidents, the City is taking action. The DOB has issued 4,580 Stop Work Orders in the first six months 2016, a year over year increase of 23%. Just two years ago, the ...
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By Wayne Sheppard Summer Streets is an annual celebration of New York City’s most valuable public space—our streets. For three consecutive Saturdays in August, nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets will be opened for people to play, run, walk and ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings Environmental Control Board (OATH ECB) has some adopted Rule updates, and proposed Rule updates. Adopted OATH ECB Rule 4/15/16 Effective 4/15/16 a separate modification was made to the ECB DOB ...
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By Penny Laughlin The DOB is making progress with DOB NOW. Next up, DOB NOW: Safety, which will launch on September 12, 2016. The first stage of DOB NOW: Safety with a focus on Façade filings. Façade filings are due every ...
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By Brian Redlein On July 14th the new 2016 New York City Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC) passed City Council and we are now confirmed that our new local energy code will go into effect on October 3rd of this year. ...
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By Austin Regan By this time most architects with recent New Building applications submitted to the DOB have had to review the substantial changes to the zoning text that came about with the passage of Mayor DeBlasio’s housing initiative. Any ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani The world of building management is a world of projects. As soon as a new building goes up, the que of improvements begins. There’s always new voices and opinions, and new ideas to improve or fix ...
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By Mario Aurioso Gas Authorizations historically were posted within the BIS system, yet this is no longer the case. As of April 22, 2016, access to Gas Authorizations has moved to DOB NOW: Inspection Ready. Accessing the record requires logging ...
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By Frank Fortino In a City where the average square foot of property is often worth more than an ounce of gold, it’s safe to say that every inch counts. Developers wrestle with the prospects of building fresh from the ...
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By Austin Regan One of the changes that occurred with the adoption of the 2014 Code was that all proposed construction work had to comply with Chapter 11 which is the accessibility chapter of the Code. Applying the rules of ...
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By Liliana Ovalles The Construction Code evolves over time. With the roll out of every formal update, there are always some revisions based on practicality of new Rules, and how they are actually implemented. Since the 2014 NYC Construction Codes ...
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