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By Bruno Caligara When planning an installation, many building owners propose placing air conditioning equipment in the rear yard of a building. There’s a catch to this approach, however. Most rear yards in the five boroughs are only as large ...
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By Brian Lafferty Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detectors are required for certain residential, education and institutional uses. Additionally, commercial and residential buildings with a Fire Alarm system and a place of assembly must have CO detectors. The CO detector must have ...
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By Johan Soltani DOB Commissioner Chandler is fulfilling his promise of streamlining the DOB permits and inspection process under his initiative Building One City. The DOB launched the first phase of its after-hours inspection program for High Rise Buildings on ...
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By Wayne Sheppard Summer Streets is an annual celebration of New York City’s most valuable public space – its streets. For three consecutive Saturdays in August, (1, 8, 15) nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets will be opened to the ...
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By Garvey Thelemaque Special Inspection Agencies have well documented responsibilities on job sites. In addition, they are obligated to report inspection discrepancies as well as any hazardous conditions found on job sites. SIAs must report discrepancies to the contractor, site ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Beginning on August 10th, applicants will be able to submit their Site Safety Plan to the BEST squad via email. This means no more drop off and pick up, so a sure time saver. The emails ...
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By Renee Sosnowski The DOB is proposing to repeal four rules that modify national standards for automatic sprinkler, standpipe, and fire alarm systems. The specific rules to be repealed set forth National Fire Protection Association (“NFPA”) amendments relating to elevator ...
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By Penny Laughlin The HUB full service will now be accepting applications for restaurants, retail, or industrial projects. This means in lieu of SBS accepting filings in person at the Borough office, they will now be processed electronically and be ...
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By Brian Redlein Site Safety is a Big Deal in New York City. With so many job sites woven so tightly into the urban fabric, it becomes impossible to limit the safety impact of a single job site to within ...
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By Austin Regan Architects working on projects in the outer Boroughs or in parts of Manhattan where parking is required are normally quite pleased with themselves when they figure out how to fit all the spaces that zoning requires into ...
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By Frank Fortino A long anticipated clarification has been issued regarding lot line windows and their protection requirements. On June 30th of this year, Technical Affairs issued Buildings Bulletin 2015-017. The stated purpose of the memo was “To clarify Code ...
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By Austin Regan Over the last decade, many architectural firms that traditionally have done the majority of their work in the borough of Manhattan have found themselves with quite substantial jobs in the other boroughs, especially Brooklyn and Queens. While ...
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