Buildings News - April 2015

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April 2015

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Program Launches To Accelerate Development!

Throughout May and just
in time for summer, applicants can meet after hours with plan
examiners to resolve objections and get their delayed projects
to approval. Email GetBackToBuilding@buildings.nyc.gov for an appointment.

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Small Business Owners Get After Hours Assistance

On April 14th, the
Department began offering weekly after hour services to small
business owners. The program is a collaborative endeavor with Small Business
Services and a product of Small Business First, a comprehensive plan to streamline the City's regulatory requirements for small business owners.

Hours for Small Business Owners Night:
Tuesdays 4:00pm - 7:00pm

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Thanks Small Business First!

To kickoff Small
Business Owners Night, Commissioner Chandler visited Red Pipe
Organic Cafe, a new business which benefited from the services
provided by Small Business First. Red Pipe Organic opened
last October after receiving assistance with plan reviews and
inspections from various agencies through the Small Business
First program. The cafe saved approximately twenty-one
days on opening!

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Commissioner Addresses Construction Industry

Construction Safety Week 2015 launched on Monday, April 27 with our annual Build Safe │ Live Safe Conference
where Commissioner Chandler emphasized the Department's
obligation to safe construction in the city.

Once again tickets
for this daylong series of seminars were sold out! Department experts led dynamic presentations to
over three hundred attendees about the significance of adhering to
site safety regulations. Professional credit was
available. We hope to see you next year!

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Check Out Our New Searchable PPN Database

Inspector Job Fair

Wednesday, May 27, 2015
11 Park Place, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10007
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Please send your resume to
Careers@Buildings.nyc.gov to register for Job Fair.

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Service Updates

FISP Amnesty Program

Cycle 8 Early Filing for Non-Compliant Owners

Special Inspection Agency

Registration Renewals

Scaffold Safety

Site Safety Inspections for Fa�ade Alterations

Build It Back Program

Application + Permit Fees Waived

Reinstatement Fees

Expired Plans, Permits & Applications

Benchmarking

Violations for Non-compliance

Flood Resistant Construction

RMB Regulations

Fa�ades

Oversight

FISP Cycle 8

Sidewalk Sheds

Notice of Removal

Suspended Scaffolds

Installations and Removals

Buildings Bulletins

2015-002: Supercedes TPPN 1/07 and clarifies the installation requirements of optional standby power.

2015-003:
Supercedes BB 2010-006 and establishes acceptance criteria for pre-combustion, non-additive fuel oil catalyst reformers.

2015-004:
Supercedes BB 2010-030 and establishes acceptance criteria for a
hinged plastic no-hub.

2015-005:
Supercedes BB 2011-002 and establishes acceptance criteria for the
use of mechanical press joint fittings and piping in automatic
sprinkler systems.

2015-006:
Supercedes BB 2011-007 and establishes additional acceptance
criteria for commercial dishwasher with integral gas-fired heating.

2015-007:
Supercedes BB 2010-008 and establishes acceptance criteria for
mechanical tee bolted outlets for hot and cold water supply and
distribution.

2015-008: Supercedes 2008-007 to set forth procedures and requirements for
filing, review, approval and documentation of proposed easement
agreements and restrictive declarations.

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Website Updates

Licensing

Department Approved Courses

How to Become a Course Provider

Plumber/Fire Suppression
Certificate Renewal

Safety Registration Renewal

Class 1 Filing Representative Renewal

Class 2 Code and Zoning
Representative Renewal

How to Become a NYC
Registered Class 1 Filing Representative

How to Become a Class 2 Code
and Zoning Representative

Filing Rep Class 1 Renewal
Affidavit

ECB Violations

Certifying Correction ECB
Violation

ECB Penalty Schedule

ECB Locations & Contact

OTCR

Recognized Accrediting Bodies

DOB Helps Brooklyn DA

Brooklyn District Attorney, Ken
Thompson, thanked several agencies including the Department of
Buildings for their assistance in securing an indictment of alleged
unscrupulous landlords.

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Did You Know?

You can visit the NYC
Finance Calendar for important due dates, filing deadlines and
events.

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Bill de Blasio Mayor

Rick D. Chandler,
P.E., Commissioner

photos by samantha modell

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