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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 Frank Fortino Every year, we are amazed at the pace and complexity of building in our City, and how everything somehow continues to accelerate. In order to handle the increases in speed, we need systems that move faster too ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Long hours, complex mental challenges, grueling conditions – just another week at the DOB. But in this case, we’re describing the work outside of the office, the race day conditions during Sunday’s New York City Marathon. ...
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By Penny Laughlin The NYC Development HUB, a division of the NYC DOB has been taking over the review and approval process for New Buildings and Alteration Type I filings for the past few years. The transition to the HUB has ...
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By Wayne Sheppard The annual DOT Holiday Construction Embargo comes to town at the end of this month. Starting November 20th, then running from November 23rd through January 2, 2016, the embargo clears the way for pedestrians to better enjoy ...
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By Johan Soltani The credit card industry has launched a new round of technology – cards with embedded chips – aimed at reducing fraud and stolen cards. As is always the case, there are some hiccups with the transition. Federal ...
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By Bruno Caligara Many of us typically don’t think twice about how they specify hot water Heaters on filings. Yet we should. The DOB’s Plumbing Division considers several cases where a hot water Heater may actually be considered to be ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The Environmental Control Board (ECB) proposes to amend its Department of Buildings (DOB) Penalty Schedule. The proposed rule amends the Buildings Penalty Schedule by: – Updating sections of law for certain violations (“Failure to provide pedestrian protection ...
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By Brian Lafferty Once plans are approved and permitted, and work is completed on Fire Alarm systems, it’s inspection time. The project’s licensed electrician will need to schedule a FDNY inspection under the approved application. If all of the approve paperwork ...
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By Austin Regan Over the last year we have highlighted changes that occurred under the 2014 Code related to a variety of subjects. Some were significant, many were clarifications or corrections. Many changes did not have a direct impact on ...
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By Brian Redlein Continuing on the theme of Energy Code filings here at Manhattan New Buildings, your humble filing rep has been increasingly enlightened on why ASHRAE can be a superior compliance path than NYCECC, and while to some of ...
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By Mario Aurioso Stop Work Orders are a part of our industry. They are always, always a source of great frustrating. There is a path towards clearing them up, and in the case of plumbing and electrical work, that is ...
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