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Local Law 196 of 2017 requires construction and demolition workers at most major NYC job sites to have 40 hours of Site Safety Training. This is required for all NYC jobsites that have a Site Safety Plan . Upon completion of this training, workers...

As of November 2nd, 2020, DOB requires that Immediately Hazardous (AEUHAZ) and Benchmarking Violation civil penalties be paid online. Any payment that is received by mail will not be accepted and will be returned. In order to make these payments, y...

What is the annual RPZ inspection?The annual RPZ inspection is an inspection of the backflow prevention devices that are required by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection. They are required to be inspected  every year, the same month they...

All boilers in New York City must be inspected annually between January 1st-December 31st of each calendar year and a boiler inspection report must be submitted within 45 days of the inspection. If a correction is needed, another inspection report mu...

What is the Façade Inspection Safety Program (FISP)? FISP, formerly known as Local Law 11, is a program that was put in place by the DOB that requires owners of buildings six stories or more to have the building's exterior examined by a professiona...

A meeting on December 15th, 2020 was held to vote on two bills that were proposed to extend deadlines related to gas piping inspections and carbon monoxide detector installations in commercial spaces. Due to the current situation, a reassessment w...

Phase One of the expansion of DOB NOW: Build, will launch on December 28th, 2020 and will require the use of DOB NOW for any submissions associated with the new work types that have been added. Work types that have previously been submitted in Bui...

Local Law 152 was created in 2016 following a series of gas pipe explosions in Manhattan. To ensure this never happens again, buildings are required to undergo periodic inspections of gas piping systems and inspections must be carried out by a Licen...

Local Law 106 of 2019 was created to change the administrative code for the submittal of construction documents, applicant and owner statements, and the tenant protection plan. As of November 10th, 2020, there are new requirements for the New Tena...

Effective January 10th, 2021, new buildings and alterations that replace exterior glazing of a building must comply with bird-friendly design construction requirements as per Local Law 15 of 2020. Exterior glazing refers to a building’s glass panels...