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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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Annual Parapet Reports Are Now Required; FISP 9C Reports Due in 2 Weeks
New Parapet Inspection Requirement Starting January 1, 2024, annual parapet inspections are now required by building owners in New York City. Reports must be kept on…
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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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Q&A with a QPSI: RAND Senior Structural Engineer Jason Damiano, PE
In this Q&A, we sat down with RAND Senior Structural Engineer and Qualified Parking Structure Inspector Jason Damiano, PE, who shares his expertise on how to…
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Parking Structure Safety: Inspections, Maintenance & Local Law 126 Compliance [Video]
Stay compliant and safe: Essential guidance on Local Law 126’s parking structure inspection requirements. As of 2022, New York City now requires parking structures to be…
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Lessons from NYC’s Fatal Parking Garage Collapse
The recent parking garage collapse at 57 Ann Street in Lower Manhattan has underscored the urgent need for regular inspections and maintenance of parking structures. In…
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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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Parking Structure Inspections Now Mandatory in NYC
New York City is finally catching up with the rest of the State regarding mandatory periodic parking garage inspections. As of January 1, 2022, parking structures…
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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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The Chelsea Explosion: Surveying the Aftermath
The terrorist blast that rocked Chelsea on Saturday night and set New Yorkers’ nerves on edge was especially frightening to the residents and workers on West…
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Facade Inspection Safety Program: Calling Your Block Number
It’s been nearly one year since the 8th Cycle of New York City’s Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP, formerly called Local Law 11/98) began, and buildings with…
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Singapore Teams With New York on Facade Safety
Last month, my colleagues from the Buildings and Construction Authority of Singapore (BCA) and I visited New York City to learn more about the city’s Facade…
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Ask Our Experts: Facade Inspection Safety Program
Most New York City property owners and managers know that NYC Local Law 11/98, now called the Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP), requires an inspection of…
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Ask Our Experts: Special Inspections
In 2012, the New York City Department of Buildings implemented stricter requirements for Special Inspections to ensure that contractors perform construction work properly and that completed…