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By Mario Aurioso Standpipes must face a battery of tests and requirements prior to approval. All Standpipe hydrostatic test have to be performed in intervals; under LL 64/09 this applies to New Buildings that are higher than 75 Feet. One ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Department of Buildings is proposing changes regarding the classification of certain violations to reflect the requirements of Local Law 77 of 2015 and the 2014 updates to the NYC Construction Codes. The updates amended some requirements, ...
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By Garvey Thelemaque The DOB will roll out a new version of the Q-Matic system this week. The system helps manage the flow of customer requests to appropriate customer service windows, and covers everything from Application Processing, Certificate of Occupancy, ...
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By Johan Soltani Mayor de Blasio is working with City Planning to approve the Housing New York program. The program will build 200,000 units of new low income housing by expanding the existing Inclusionary Housing program, Zoning Resolution appendix F, ...
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By Bruno Caligara Many large building owners look to save money on energy cost and explore the use of motion sensor activated lighting for their exit stairwells. These fixtures are permitted but only when approved by the DOB. When the ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Environmental Control Board (ECB) has amended its ECB Buildings penalty schedule to enforce Local Law 77 of 2015 for Cooling Towers. ECB has added three new charges: Section of Law 28-317.3 Failure to register cooling tower ...
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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 ...
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By Brian Lafferty Mayor de Blasio recently announced significant investment in NYC Department of Buildings. The new capital follows years of steady improvement to technology and systems, and will allow for new initiatives to improve service and efficiency across the ...
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By Brian Redlein On Wednesday, December 16th at 9 am at the National Museum of the American Indian on One Bowling Green, the City Planning Commission shall be having its public hearing for the mandatory inclusionary housing zoning changes. You ...
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By Austin Regan When trying to determine if your building is fully Code compliant, one can no longer rely only on the Building Code. More and more we find that a thorough review of the Fire Code is required also. ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Exteriors of buildings (commercial and residential) aren’t always smooth brick walls. There are all sorts of indentations and protrusions, from terraces to stonework to cornices. There are also items that are not part of the building, ...
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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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