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 FDNY inspects buildings for Code compliance and observes these types of… View more
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, and also a new program called Zoning for Quality and Affordability…. View more
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, Property Research, Records, Express Cashier, Fast App, Fee Adjustments, Enforcement and… View more
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 in order to test and prepare for the wider system launch…. View more
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 – able to push the process along as fast as required…. View more
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 you this may be Old News, many of us are just… View more
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 proposed buildings and designs. One area of change that affects every… View more