Buildings news update - May 30, 2023

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May 30, 2023

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Licensing Updates
and Upcoming Webinar

DOB has
two important updates for building industry license and
registration holders, both starting Monday, June 5th,
2023.

Licensees
and Registrants will be required to submit license
insurance updates in DOB NOW: BIS Options. DOB is
hosting a

free training webinar on the new process on
Wednesday, May 31st, at 10 am.

Read the Service Notice.

Also starting on June 5th, Licensees and Registrants
will be prohibited from beginning a license renewal
application in DOB NOW: BIS Options until all penalties
associated with outstanding Office of Administrative
Trials and Hearings (OATH) summonses are paid.

Read the Service Notice.

Waterfront Code
Committee Applications Closing Soon

To align
with the changes that have reshaped the urban waterfront
over the past half-century, the Department of Buildings
has identified a need to develop, adopt, and implement a
Waterfront Code for NYC to supplement the existing
provisions in the NYC Construction Codes.

The Waterfront Code would standardize design,
construction, and maintenance requirements for
waterfront structures such as piers, docks, and
bulkheads.

DOB is requesting applications from members of the
construction, real estate, labor, architectural, and
engineering community, with emphasis on structural,
geotechnical, and marine engineers, and other interested
stakeholders, to serve on technical committees that will
help review the Waterfront Code. Applications are still
being accepted through May 31, 2023.

For more information about the Waterfront Code
Committees

Apply to participate in the Code Revision Committees

New Online Payment
Methods in DOB NOW

New
Yorkers submitting payments in the DOB NOW portal will
now have additional payment options. Effective May 21st,
2023, DOB NOW payment options expanded to include both
Paypal and Venmo for all transactions. As with credit
card payments, PayPal and Venmo payments carry a 2%
convenience fee.

DOB NOW continues to accept Visa, Mastercard, and
American Express credit and debit cards for
transactions, as well as eCheck payments, which carry no
transaction fee.

Instructions on using PayPal to make payments

Instructions on using Venmo to make payments

Read our Service Notice

Lower Manhattan
Building Collapse

Buildings
Commissioner Jimmy Oddo was in Lower Manhattan at the
site of last month's fatal parking garage collapse, to
observe the ongoing emergency demolition work.

Operations to safely remove vehicles from the remaining
structure, being performed by City contractors, are
ongoing. DOB structural engineers are continuing their
investigation into the cause of this tragic collapse.

Reminder
that as per the 2022 NYC Construction Codes, owners of
parking structures in New York City must hire a New York
State licensed and registered professional engineer (PE)
to inspect the parking structure and file a condition
assessment report with the Department at least once
every six (6) years.

See photos from Commisioner Oddo's site visit

Information on Periodic Inspections of Parking
Structures

Hear From The Mayor

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Jimmy Oddo, Commissioner

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