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Is This Your Building’s First FISP Cycle?
Find out when a newly constructed NYC building must file its first FISP report based on its TCO or CO date, block number, and Cycle 10…
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2025 NYC Local Law Compliance: Updated Deadlines You Should Know
As we head into the final quarter of 2025, several key Local Law deadlines are fast approaching — and some have shifted since the start of…
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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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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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Grace Gold’s Legacy: Safer Buildings
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…
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Former Factory Gets Its Beauty Back
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…
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Don’t Shed the Shed Prematurely
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.…
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Sidewalk Sheds: A Necessary Annoyance
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…
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The Lions Still Roar at the Algonquin
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…
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Building Inspections: Singapore Meets New York
As a structural engineer working for Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA), a government agency that oversees building safety, I recently visited New York with a…
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Is Your Window Air Conditioner Safely Installed?
As summer officially arrives today with a hot, steamy vengeance, air conditioners throughout the city are going full blast. If you have a window A/C unit…
