By Brittney Rosario and Mabel Cataldo For the next three weeks, through August 22nd Metropolis Group will team up with United Way of New York City for a fantastic program geared towards elementary school kids ages 4 to 8. The program, Build a Backpack. Grow a Reader. ReadNYC Back to School Drive… View more
By Penny Laughlin The Flood Zone requirements in a Post-Sandy world have been a bit of a moving target. Now, the DOB has finally posted a consolidated guide to development and rebuilding of projects in the Flood Zone after Sandy. The first question all developers must ask is if their location… View more
By Andrew J. Pisani Local Law 87 requires that “Covered Buildings” greater than 50,000 square feet conduct both an energy audit and retro-commissioning. “Covered Buildings” is a broad, inclusive term that refers to commercial, multifamily, and not-for-profit buildings. We are now in the second year of LL87 compliance, and the first… View more
By Frank Fortino After months of consideration and deliberation, Mayor de Blasio officially announced his appointment for the next leader of the DOB – Commissioner Rick Chandler. I had the great pleasure of meeting Commissioner Chandler back in the 80’s when he first started as a plan examiner, and young engineer… View more
By Austin Regan We talked previously about the changes to Administrative code section 28-101.4.3 “Optional Use of the 1968 building Code for work on prior Code buildings.” One of the big changes was the removal of a cost threshold as the trigger point where Chapter 11 – Accessibility — must be… View more
By Renee Sosnowski While he’s no longer in power, Mayor Bloomberg finished his term with an interesting ECB law designed to incentivize action for violators. The law – Local Law 153 of 2013 (LL 153/13) – amended the Administrative Code to give those respondents receiving a first violation for certain provisions… View more
By Penny Laughlin After a long wait, the DOB has unveiled Code Notes, a new reference tool to assist the industry and property owners navigate through the Building Code, permit approval process and Zoning Resolution. During the project approval process, plan examiners typically raise objections when plans fail to comply with… View more