FISP Cycle 10: RAND Resources

Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) Sub-Cycles 10A and 10B are currently open, and Sub-Cycle 10C begins February 21, 2027. Whether you are confirming your building’s filing window, reviewing inspection proposals, planning access, or preparing for DOB review, use the resources below to find guidance for your next step.

Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP) Guide: Cycle 10 Requirements
A detailed, practical reference covering Cycle 10 filing windows, timelines, report basics, and key terms, useful for planning, internal coordination, and staying ahead of compliance.

Is This Your Building’s First FISP Cycle?
What to expect if this is your first filing, including timing, process, and typical coordination needs.

Can FISP Cover Your Annual Parapet Inspection?
When a FISP inspection may also satisfy the annual parapet observation requirement and when separate documentation may still be needed.

5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a FISP Consultant
How to evaluate a firm’s FISP experience, inspection team, building-specific expertise, access capabilities, reporting approach, and support after filing.

How to Compare FISP Inspection Proposals
What to compare beyond the total fee, including inspection locations, field days, staffing, access, included services, exclusions, and separately billed costs.

Can Drones Be Used for FISP Inspections in NYC?
How drone surveys can support facade evaluation, documentation, and access planning, and what current FISP rules still require for close-up physical inspections.

Inside DOB’s Review of FISP Reports: What Owners Should Know for Cycle 10
How DOB reviews FISP filings and where reports most often get held up.

New York State’s New Access Law: What It Means for Your Next Project
Why access planning matters early, and what the updated requirements mean for investigation and construction.

5 Common FISP and Sidewalk Shed Myths Debunked
Clear up recurring misconceptions that can drive avoidable delays, scope confusion, and shed-related decisions.

Local Law 47 of 2025: What’s Changing for Sidewalk Sheds
An overview of NYC’s new sidewalk shed rules and how they can affect permits, timelines, and facade repair planning.

FISP Repairs and Water Infiltration: Planning with Leak History in Mind
How reported leaks and water infiltration concerns can inform the inspection and eventual repair scope.

Key Takeaways from NYC’s New FISP Study for Your Building
What the City’s findings suggest about common conditions and where owners should focus attention.

Plan Your Cycle 10 Inspection

Starting early gives owners and managers more flexibility to evaluate access options, coordinate inspection schedules, review potential repair needs, and prepare for filing. Lead times are typically 3–4 months and often longer as deadlines approach. RAND’s QEWIs and Building Envelope professionals can help develop an inspection approach based on your building’s facades, access conditions, prior filing status, and Cycle 10 deadline.

Why RAND

• 4,500+ NYC facade inspection reports filed (FISP, including prior Local Law 11/98 cycles).
• Cycle 10 planning support that accounts for access constraints, sidewalk shed implications, and DOB review expectations.
• QEWI-led inspections backed by in-house licensed PEs and Registered Architects.
• Specialized access capabilities, including FAA-certified drone pilots and SPRAT-certified rope access.

RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC has been serving New York’s building community for nearly 40 years. Founded in 1987, our firm designs and administers programs for the repair, upgrade, restoration, and adaptive reuse of residential, commercial, institutional, and retail properties.

Our expertise includes exterior envelope repair – with a particular focus on FISP – parapet inspections and repair programs, window and door replacement, heating, plumbing, and electrical upgrades, garage inspections and repair programs, architectural design and ADA compliance, feasibility studies and plan reviews, structural engineering, forensic surveys, benchmarking, energy audits, and retro-commissioning, green roofs, and historic restoration.

RAND also has dedicated groups for Building Design, Industrial Rope Access, Drone Services, Infrared Surveys, and 3D Laser Scanning. We also have a Code & Zoning Compliance Team and are an accredited Special Inspections Agency.