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For Immediate Release: April 16, 2021
Conact: dobcommunications@buildings.nyc.gov, (212) 393-2126

DOB ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL BUILD SAFE | LIVE SAFE DIGITAL CONFERENCE
Registration Now Open for Virtual Industry Conference and Multilingual Worker Training Sessions, to Coincide With National Construction Safety Week

New York, NY – The Department of Buildings announced today that registration is open for Build Safe | Live Safe Digital 2021: Safety and Sustainability, a weeklong virtual construction industry conference taking place May 3rd to May 7th, 2021. This virtual event is the Department’s second annual all-digital industry conference and coincides with National Construction Safety Week programs taking place across the country. During the conference, educational seminars will be presented by Department experts on a variety of topics including construction safety, building maintenance, NYC’s regulatory landscape, and building sustainability. Department inspectors will also be conducting construction worker safety sessions in English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), and Polish. The digital conference is free and open to the public. Attending licensed design professionals will be eligible to receive continuing education credits as courses receive AIA approval.

See the full schedule of seminars and register to attend here.

“We are proud to bring our successful digital conference back for a second year, allowing New Yorkers to receive their required continuing education credits, while expanding our outreach to workers in other languages,” said Buildings Commissioner Melanie E. La Rocca. “We are more flexible than ever when it comes to delivering services online, making sure our friends and neighbors get the safety training they need so everyone who steps foot on a work site in the morning returns to their family safely at night.”

While New York City has made major headway in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and more of our fellow New Yorkers are vaccinated each day, in the interest of public safety the Department will continue to wait before hosting in-person conferences. The Department is tentatively planning to hold its annual in-person industry conference in September 2021, as larger scale indoor events restart in the City. Details regarding this upcoming in-person conference will be announced over the Summer. Industry professionals who previously purchased tickets for the May 2020 Build Safe | Live Safe in-person conference, will have their tickets honored at the September in-person conference.

Members of the public are encouraged to register today for this year’s free virtual conference, Build Safe | Live Safe Digital 2021: Safety and Sustainability, as space is limited. For more information and to view presentations from previous conferences, please visit our website.