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Local Law 196
Safety Training Requirements Now in Effect

As of Sunday, December 1, 2019, Local Law
196 site safety training requirements for all construction sites that
require a Site Safety Plan are now in effect. Workers are required to
have OSHA 30 cards or temporary SST cards as proof that they have
completed the required 30 hours of training, and supervisors must have
full SST cards certifying they have completed the mandated 62 hours of
training.

Contractors and property owners are on
notice: DOB inspectors recently conducted site-safety enforcement
inspections in a sweep of 6,000 active construction sites citywide, and
these unannounced inspections will be conducted on a regular basis in
the coming year.

Message from Commissioner La Rocca

Site-Safety Enforcement Sweep Press Release

Site Safety Training

Course Provider Map

Site Safety Construction Map

Construction
Accidents in NYC Down for First Time in Nearly a Decade

In case you missed it: DOB's Construction
Safety Compliance Unit, and the game-changing unannounced, proactive
inspections they perform, were
recently highlighted in the New York Times. And their hard work is paying off: although
the building boom continues, construction accidents are down in 2019, by
26%, for the first time in nearly a decade.

Press Release

Construction Safety

Green and Solar Roof Requirements for New Buildings and Complete Roof Replacements

Effective November 15, 2019,
Local Law 92 of 2019 and
Local Law 94 of 2019 require all new buildings - and alterations of existing buildings where the entire existing roof
deck or roof assembly is being replaced - to have a sustainable roofing zone covering 100 percent of the roof.

Local Law 92/94 Buildings News Bulletin

Buildings Bulletin 2019-010

Local Law 92/94 Service Notice

Sustainability

Goodbye
Homeowners Night... Hello Customer Service Night

As part of DOB's annual Customer Service
Week, we held an employee contest to choose a new name for our walk-in
clinic, formerly known as Homeowners Night, to better communicate to
the public that this service is available to anyone, regardless of
whether they are a homeowner. While the name has changed, the details
remain the same: Customer Service Night is held every Tuesday from 4-7pm
at each of DOB's borough offices, no appointment required!

Customer Service Night

Major
Disciplinary Cases

$268,625 in total penalties issued to
Pedro A. Mateo, the owner of 27-01 Butler Street, Queens, for
illegal occupancy for transient use and safety violations due to the
illegal conversion of a legal single-family home with the illegal
addition of four single-room occupancy (SRO) units, which were found
to have been advertised on Airbnb.

$37,500 in total penalties issued to
General Contractor Thind Builders NY, Inc., for six
construction-safety violations issued due to a variety of unsafe
conditions on a construction site located at 259-16 79th Avenue,
Queens. The violating conditions included workers on site without
required OSHA cards, missing fall protection, unsafe operations on a
scaffold, and working in violation of a stop-work order.

$5,000 in penalties issued to Gregory
Jones, the owner of 941 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, for filing a
false statement on a permit application for the property. The owner
falsely noted that the building would be unoccupied during
construction.

The Department issued a Commissioner's
Order to revoke the registration of General Contractor Efstratios H.
Benardis, effective October 28, 2019. Benardis was disciplined after
the Department found that he failed to pay prevailing wages, which
included falsification of payroll records, and failed to cooperate
with the investigation into his misconduct.

Master Plumber James Pepe was
disciplined by the Department for performing plumbing work without a
permit, for performing work in violation of an active stop-work
order, and for failing to be properly established. Pepe agreed to
pay a $5,000 fine and to have his license put on probation for a
period of one year, effective October 1, 2019.

DOB publishes monthly bulletins detailing
the agency's efforts to sanction and deter bad actors in the
construction industry. You can find this information posted on the

Enforcement Action Bulletin page of our website.

Additional Disciplinary Actions & Voluntary Surrenders

Industry Code of Conduct for Construction Professionals

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Updates to User Interface in DOB NOW: Inspections

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2014 Construction Code Updates

Update Page # 77 reflects changes made by

Local Law 93 of 2019 (effective 09/16/2019),

Local Law 59 of 2019 (effective 09/27/2019), and

Local Law 105 of 2019 (effective 10/06/2019), amending the Administrative Code of the
City of New York, in relation to posting information regarding green
roofs on the website of the Department of Buildings, e-mail
notifications for construction project status updates, and sanctions for
submitting incorrect professionally certified applications for
construction document approval.

Update Page # 78 reflects changes made by

Local Law 62 of 2019 (effective 09/27/2019), amends the Administrative Code of the
City of New York, in relation to allowing the Department of Buildings to
issue stop work orders along with notices to revoke work permits.

Update Page # 79 reflects changes made by
Local Law 111 of 2019 (effective 10/06/2019), amends the Administrative Code of the
City of New York, in relation to inspections of construction sites for
which the Department of Buildings has issued a permit.

Update Page # 80 reflects changes made by

Local Law 76 of 2019 (effective 10/25/2019), amends the Administrative Code of the
City of New York, in relation to documentation, submission and public
availability of cooling tower inspections and certifications.

Update Page # 81 reflects changes made by

Local Law 92 of 2019 &

Local Law 94 of 2019 (effective 11/15/2019), amending the Administrative Code of the
City of New York and the New York City Building Code, in relation to
requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be partially covered in
green roof or solar photovoltaic electricity generating systems.

Update Page # 82 reflects changes made by

Local Law 97 of 2019,

Local Law 98 of 2019, &

Local Law 147 of 2019 (effective 11/15/2019), amending the Administrative Code of
the City of New York, in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and large
wind turbines.

Update pages are printable
inserts to keep your hard copy Construction Codes up to date.

All

update pages for the 2014 NYC Construction Codes.

Hearings + Rules

1 RCNY 101-07 Amendment of Rules Governing Exterior Wall Inspections
and Repairs (Approved Agencies Amendment)

Hearing date: 12/30/19 at 10:00 AM @ 280 Broadway, 4th Floor Reade
Street Conference Room

1 RCNY 103-04 Amendment of Rules Governing Exterior Wall Inspections
and Repairs (Periodic Inspection of Exterior Walls and Appurtenances of
Buildings Amendment)

Hearing date: 12/30/19 at 10:00 AM @ 280 Broadway, 4th Floor Reade
Street Conference Room

1 RCNY 104-12 Qualifications for Performing Gas Work

Promulgated Effective Date 12/07/19

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Did
You Know?

Local Law 33 of 2018 mandates that buildings over 25,000 sq ft will need to post
energy-efficiency grade signs, similar to the DOHMH restaurant-safety
grades, in public view. The signs won't be required until mid-2020, but
you can get a sneak peak of the sign design, and

read more about the requirements in the recent New York Times article.

Melanie E.
La Rocca Commissioner

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