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A SKYLINE RESTORATION PUBLICATION
Kate Allen, President of Allen Architectural Metals, discusses how she and her team preserve, repair, or replicate historic metal and how they determine which course of action to take.
ISSUE #51 WINTER 2024/2025
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Feb 410 min read
New York Building Industry Leaders Gather to Fight 'Fraudemic'
More than 100 people from the state’s construction industry, including industry leaders, builders, workers, property owners, affordable
Feb 42 min read
Highest Recorded Number of NYC DOB Inspections
DOB Commissioner Jimmy Oddo emphasized that 2025 will bring “even bolder reforms”, to promote safety, innovation, and excellence in...
Nov 8, 20243 min read
News Investigation Unveils Trend of Fraudulent Lawsuits
A single apartment building in the Bronx linked to 30 construction injury lawsuits WABC-TV Eyewitness News exposes a pattern of...
Nov 8, 20242 min read
NYC DOB Introduces the Worker Wallet
The NYC Buildings Department (DOB) is upgrading the way construction workers manage their training certifications with the introduction...
Nov 6, 20241 min read
Op-ed: New York State’s Legal System Fuels Insurance Fraud—Reform Is Overdue
By Tom Stebbins, Executive Director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York in Albany New Yorkers pay some of the highest insurance...
Nov 6, 20241 min read
Annual Meeting In Albany Focuses on Staged Accidents
On October 15th, 2024, the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) held its Annual Meeting at the James Newbury Hotel in Coxsackie,...
Nov 5, 20241 min read
Proposed Changes for Superintendents
The Department of Buildings (DOB) is proposing to amend its rules to provide specificity and uniformity on the duties and inspections...
Nov 5, 20241 min read
Major Building Definition Update
Effective December 11, 2024, the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) will revise the definition of a " major building " under Section 202...
Nov 5, 20241 min read
New Severe Injury Report Dashboard
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has introduced an interactive Severe Injury Report...
May 22, 20248 min read
Legislation To Halt the Epidemic of Staged Accidents Receives NY District Attorneys' Endorsement, Opposition by Unions
A8981/S8413 would make staging a construction site accident a Class E felony. Staged Accidents bill A8981/S8413, that would make staging...
May 22, 20241 min read
Attention SST Card Holders
The NYC Buildings department urges construction professionals carrying Site Safety Training (SST) cards produced by Valor Consulting to...
May 22, 20241 min read
Construction Related Injuries and Fatalities Reported by The DOB in the 1st Quarter Of 2024
During the first quarter of 2024, New York City experienced two fatalities and 139 injuries at construction sites, as reported by the NYC...
May 22, 20241 min read
Parking Structure Inspections
Initial Observation Report Prior To Submitting the Full Engineering Report May Be Required Under new rules, parking structure owners in...
May 22, 20241 min read
"Top 10" Reasons for A Stop Work Order
The Department of Buildings issues a Stop Work Order (SWO) at a work site when inspectors determine a site has unsafe work or conditions...
Feb 24, 20243 min read
Gangs, lawyers, and medical providers exploiting New York’s Scaffold Law by facilitating staged accidents.
Industry Coalition Mobilizes Against Fraud: Underwriters, Insurers, and Contractors Unite to Combat Exploitation of New York's Scaffold...
Feb 15, 20241 min read
State Comptroller Audits DOB
In a follow-up audit released by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has been...
Feb 15, 20241 min read
Reporting Deadlines
Parking Garages - The first deadline for the city's parking structure inspection program for properties in sub-cycle A was Sunday,...
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Limited to Three Jobs
As of January 2, 2024, the Department of Buildings is not issuing a permit if the Construction Superintendent (CS) designated on the...
Oct 25, 20233 min read
Site Safety Training for Asylum Seekers in New York
“We’re waiting for additional support to turn out another round,” says Shana McCormick, executive director of The Skyline Charitable...
Oct 25, 20235 min read
Build Safe | Live Safe Conference 2023
Key presentations are summarized here. One of the main Conference presentations, 2022 NYC Construction Code Sidewalk Shed Requirements &...
Oct 25, 20236 min read
“Get Sheds Down”: Mayor Adams' Plan to Remove Miles of Sidewalk Sheds Throughout New York City
Photo: NYC.GOV In late July, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and DOB Commissioner Jimmy Oddo announced the City’s new “Get Sheds Down” plan to...
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Governor Hochul Signs Carlos' Law
Legislation S.621B/A.4947B Amends the Penal Law to Add Criminal Corporate Liability for the Death or Serious Physical Injury of an...
Feb 28, 20232 min read
OSHA Announces Changes For 2023
New enforcement guidance aims to prevent worker injuries and fatalities and hold employers who place profit over safety accountable....
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Safety Week – MAY 1-5, 2023
From May 1-5, Safety Week aims to unite participants through a common purpose: “to provide the vision, insights, resources and...
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