Buildings News Update - September 29, 2020

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September 29, 2020

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DOB Wraps Up First Build Safe | Live Safe Digital Conference

Thank you to all those
who participated in our first digital conference.
Build Safe | Live Safe Digital 2020 was an overwhelming
success. Participants were able to benefit from the knowledge of our
DOB experts in over 20 live webinars. Throughout the past week, we
heard about proper construction safeguards, developments in
sustainable buildings laws, changes to the NYCECC and other
important industry topics. We looked back over our city's safety
record for the last year with Buildings Commissioner Melanie La
Rocca and examined case studies of construction incidents. It was a
jam-packed week highlighted by keynote presentations from the
winners of our two innovation challenges (see below).

In total, we offered
more than 17 hours of free continuing education instruction in
Health, Safety, and Welfare. If you weren't able to make the
live webinars, we have good news: Our presentations will soon be
available to view on-demand. We will let you know when they are
posted. Hope to see you at our next build safe | live safe
event!

Winners of DOB
Innovation Challenges Announced...

This week we announced the winners of our
Carbon Neutrality and

Hack the Building Code Innovation Challenges which
were launched earlier this year in partnership with the Urban
Tech Hub @ Company. We received over 80 amazing entries for the
both challenges combined. The winning proposals were on display
this week as part of our keynote presentations during

Build Safe | Live Safe Digital 2020,
showcasing the important contributions the industry has to offer
in building a safer and more sustainable city.

For each innovation challenge, we put out an open call to the
design, construction, and technology industries, inviting the
public to submit their ideas. For our Carbon Neutrality
challenge we solicited ideas on ways to increase building
sustainability. The winners of that competition and their ideas
can be found
here. Our Hack the Building Code innovation
challenge sought ideas on ways to modernize and improve our
city's building code. Check out the

list of winners for that competition and their
proposals.

Time's
Running Out to Complete the 2020 Census

There's still time left to do something simple that will
impact New York City for years to come. The 2020 Census is
ending soon and it is critical that all New Yorkers are
counted. Our City stands to lose billions of dollars in
federal aid every single year for schools, hospitals, health
clinics, affordable housing, transportation, and more, as
well as our representation in Congress and in Albany if we
do not achieve a complete count.

The census asks
just 10 simple questions that can be answered in just
a few minutes online at
my2020census.gov, or by calling 844-330-2020.
The census is 100%

confidential

,

safe

, and

easy

.

Don't delay,
take a few minutes to secure New York City�s future by
visiting
my2020census.gov today!

Melanie E.
La Rocca Commissioner

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