Buildings news update - March 22, 2021

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March 22, 2022

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DOB's New Acting
Commissioner

This
week, First Deputy Commissioner Constadino "Gus" Sirakis, P.E., has
been named Acting Commissioner of the Department of
Buildings, steering efforts to promote the safe and
lawful use of nearly 1.1 million buildings and over
40,000 active work sites.

A member
of the Department of Buildings staff since 2006, Acting
Commissioner Sirakis has decades of experience in
improving Construction Code standards and enforcing
compliance with city regulations. Prior to joining the
Department, he worked as a structural engineer and
project manager at several architectural and engineering
consultation firms.

Former
Commissioner Melanie E. La Rocca was recently

appointed Chief Efficiency Officer for the City for New
York by Mayor Eric Adams after three years
leading the Department. Under Commissioner La Rocca's
leadership, the Department redoubled its modernization
efforts and brought consistency to agency operations.
Her tenure also coincided with the first decline in
construction-related injuries in over a decade.

A big
thank you and fond farewell to former Commissioner La Rocca for
her dedicated service, and a warm welcome to Acting
Commissioner Sirakis!

DOB NOW Updates

In
response to feedback received from our customers at

recent Q&A Sessions and Industry Meetings, the
following system updates were made to DOB NOW: Build
last month:

Mechanical Systems (MS) Filings: A new subcategory
was added for Heating and Air Conditioning Systems.

Local
Law 158 Professional Certification Restrictions: A
new document, LL158/2017 Pro Cert Supporting
Documentation, is required when submitting a
professionally certified filing on a restricted
building.

Export
Data: When logged into the industry portal, data
from a BIN search can be exported as an Excel document.

Place
of Assembly (PA) Filings: Filing Representatives can
initiate a Certificate of Operation request and create a
Post Approval Amendment. Also, an Additional Supporting
Documents section has been added.

Construction Superintendent Associated Jobs Search:
New search function in the DOB NOW Public Portal to find
permitted jobs associated with a licensed Construction
Superintendent.

Tenant
Protection Plan 72 Hour Notification: If a TPP
notification has been submitted, a new one now cannot be
made until the first notification is cancelled.

Earthwork Notifications: Notifications can be
submitted for Foundation (FO) and Support of Excavation
(SOE) jobs, in addition to Earthwork (EA) jobs.

Project Specific General Liability (PGL1) Insurance:
the Project Specific General Liability (PGL1) document
has been moved to the Work Permit (PW2) Required
Documents section.

New Buildings
Bulletins

This
month, DOB issued several Buildings Bulletins to rescind
outdated Department regulations, and provide clarity on
zoning requirements for cellular Monopoles. These
bulletins represent the official policies of the
Department to assist our customers and employees.

Buildings Bulletin 2022-003: This Bulletin
rescinds 6 Memoranda, 2 Directives, 10 Letters and 3
Extract City Records, which were issued by this
Department but are no longer applicable.

Buildings Bulletin 2022-004: This Bulletin
rescinds 1 Operations Policy and Procedure Notice, 25
Memoranda, 4 Directives, 10 Letters, and 1 Buildings
Bulletin which were issued by the Department but are no
longer applicable.

Buildings Bulletin 2022-005: This Bulletin
clarifies cellular monopoles as Use Group 6D "telephone
exchanges or other communications equipment structures"
under the New York City Zoning Resolution. Read the

Bulletin Highlights for more information.

Find out more info about Department Buildings Bulletins.

Deadline Extension
Requests for Gas Piping Inspections

An
amendment to Local Law 152 of 2016 allows building
owners to receive a deadline extension for their
building's gas piping system inspection and required
certification report.

Beginning March
22, 2022, requests for 180-day extensions can be
submitted to DOB through our

Local Law 152 of 2016 online portal.

Read Our Service Notice for more information.

Visit the Periodic Gas Piping System Inspections page on
our website.

Temporary Amusement
Ride Inspections

Springtime in New York City means local street fairs,
carnivals, block parties, and of course, amusement
rides.

As of
March 18, 2022, requests for DOB inspections of
temporary amusement devices must be submitted to the
Department through

DOB NOW: Safety. These requests are no longer
submitted to the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker
Protection.

Read our Service Notice for more information.

Building Energy
Compliance Crash Course

Do you have
questions about NYC rules for building letter grades,
benchmarking and the limits on building greenhouse gas
emissions?

Sign up
for one of NYC Sustainability Help Center's FREE online
seminars to learn about all of the greenhouse
gas-related local laws that impact the majority of NYC's
larger buildings, and how to get your building on the
road to energy savings and compliance.

Reserve your spot online today.

Check out DOB's upcoming events page.

Constadino
"Gus" Sirakis, P.E. Acting Commissioner

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