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New York City Local Law Building Compliance Calendar 2025
RAND Building News & Insights, January 2025 Staying on top of NYC’s building compliance deadlines is more important than ever. This year is a critical one…
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Frequently Asked Questions: Periodic Inspection of Parking Structures (PIPS) – Initial Observation Requirement
August 1 Filing Deadline is Four Months Away Arising from a tragic incident in lower Manhattan, New York City’s Initial Observation Inspection requirement, enacted in addition…
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Act Now: Critical Upcoming Deadlines for NYC Energy Compliance
NYC Benchmarking Deadline Alert: May 1, 2024 The 2024 Benchmarking Covered Buildings List is out. Owners of buildings on the list must submit their energy and…
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New Year, New NYC Inspection Requirements
As state and city regulations continually adapt to maintain the safety and integrity of our buildings, residents, and the public at large, staying up to date…
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Temporary Construction Equipment (Sidewalk Sheds, Fences, Scaffolding, etc.) No Longer Requires a Final Inspection
Project closeouts just became a little easier. As of November 5, 2022, a Technical Report (TR1) – Final is no longer required for temporary construction equipment…
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New Local Laws and Important Upcoming NYC & Jersey City Compliance Deadlines
RAND Building News: Upcoming and New Local Law Compliance Deadlines Whether in response to a recent tragedy or looking ahead to take preventive precautions, laws and…
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Energy Benchmarking Deadline Extended
New York City’s energy benchmarking compliance deadline for the 2021 calendar year has been extended to May 31, 2022 per a service notice from the New York…
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Energy Efficiency Reports Must Be Filed by Registered Design Professionals Beginning January 1, 2022
As part of NYC’s Greener, Greater Building Plan, Local Law 87/09 requires owners to have an energy audit conducted on their base-building systems; undertake energy-efficient maintenance…
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Weathering the Storm: Emergency Preparedness & Storm Resiliency
After last week’s record-breaking rainfall caused flooding, power outages and widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) released a…
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DOB Issues Advice to New Yorkers After Historic Citywide Flooding
Dangerous conditions may have been created in buildings affected by yesterday’s record-breaking rainfall and unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Ida. The New York City Department of Buildings…
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DOB Denying Permits to Buildings with Excessive Violations and Arrears
In the last couple of years, New York City has passed two new local laws restricting the issuance of new permits, and in some cases revoking…
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Coming This April: The Interim Certificate of Occupancy
A new class of Certificate of Occupancy, which removes red tape from the building occupation process for commercial and residential property owners, developers, and tenants, is…
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Penalty Increase for Failure to Certify Correction of Immediately Hazardous Conditions
In their on-going efforts to encourage owners to pay closer attention to their buildings’ conditions before hazardous conditions develop, the New York City Department of Buildings…
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NYC Benchmarking: Law Now in Effect for Buildings 25,000 SF and Larger *UPDATE
NYC BENCHMARKING LAW Since 2011, New York City’s Local Law 84/09 has required owners of large buildings — single buildings larger than 50,000 SF, or groups of…
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FISP Filing Seminar, Dec. 8
In September, the NYC Department of Buildings rolled out a new electronic filing system called DOB NOW, which requires building owners and representatives to register with the…