Tag Archive: Local Law 11/98

Those of us in the engineering and architecture industry in New York City are fully familiar with the Facade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP), formerly known as Local Law 11/98 and in its original form, Local Law 10/80. But while...

After a Manhattan woman fell to her death by leaning against an unsafe balcony railing at her Upper East Side apartment in July 2013, the New York City Department of Buildings issued a new inspection requirement to lessen the chance...

While it may seem that the previous New York City Local Law 11/98 facade inspection cycle just passed, the new cycle is nearly upon us. The 8th Cycle of the Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP), as Local Law 11/98 is...

As an architectural student in Istanbul and Europe, I had the opportunity to study some inspiring buildings. I was reminded of those buildings when I was assigned as the project manager of an exterior repair program RAND recently completed at...

In July, a 35-year-old woman fell to her death from her 17th floor apartment balcony on the Upper East Side when the railing she was leaning against gave way. The tragedy has led to a closer look at the safety...

Every architect remembers their first scaffold drop. I’ll remember mine for years to come. As luck would have it, my first voyage was not a warm-up on, say, a 10- or 15-story building, where I could get accustomed to carefully...

As mandated by New York City Building Code, the Department of Buildings requires buildings with unsafe exterior conditions to protect people from falling masonry and debris. That protection is typically a sidewalk shed. As previously discussed in RAND's Better Buildings...

According to the Department of Buildings, there are more than 8,500 sidewalk sheds and scaffolds throughout New York City. If an article in Sunday's New York Post is any indication, there are also at least that many gripes about them....

In my more than 30-year career as a bricklayer, preservationist, and project manager, I've been fortunate to have worked on many noteworthy buildings in New York City. None, however, has had more significance to me than the Algonquin Hotel, a...