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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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Jul 5, 20222 min read
Pathway to Licensing
What changes for a Construction Superintendent (CS), a Site Safety Manager (SSM) or a Site Safety Coordinator (SSC) The pathway to...
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DOB Highlights the 2022 Construction Code Revisions
During the "Spring Digital Build: Safety, Innovation & Sustainability Conference" “Building codes truly serve as the structural skeleton...
Jul 5, 20222 min read
A Pledge to Safety
Construction Safety Week and National Safety Stand-Down To Prevent Falls in Construction (May 2-6, 2022) are two annual events honored by...
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NYC DOB Training Connect SST Cards
As of February 1, 2023, construction sites requiring DOB-licensed safety professionals will only accept NYC DOB Training Connect Site...
Jul 5, 20221 min read
DOB Releases Construction Safety Report For 2021
In its second annual Construction Safety Report released on March 28, 2022, the New York City Department of Buildings provides an...
Jan 6, 20224 min read
Sweeping Updates to NYC Construction and Building Codes
City Council passes bill with over 600 major revisions that will improve the safety and well-being of all New Yorkers and ensure that NYC...
Jan 6, 20221 min read
City Council Passes Four Construction Safety Bills
On Wednesday, November 10th, the New York City Council passed four new construction safety bills. Among other important changes, these...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Construction Innovation and Safety Conference
This year’s "Hack the Building Code" winners include innovations to prevent construction worker falls, capture carbon emissions, expedite...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Using Drones to Conduct Façade Inspections
Local Law 102 of 2020 A new DOB report seeks to take building safety to new heights, by exploring the potential use of drones for...
Jan 6, 20221 min read
Gas Piping Inspection Deadline Extended
Building owners in Community Districts 2, 5, 7, 13 and 18 in all boroughs, now have until June 30, 2022, to complete their mandatory...
Jan 6, 20221 min read
File Your Sprinkler Report to Avoid New Year Fines
As of January 1, 2022, property owners who fail to file an acceptable report certifying sprinklers were installed in their building, as...
Jan 6, 20222 min read
Parking Garage Inspections
New cycle begun January 1st for Manhattan Districts 1-7 At the beginning of the new year, Local Law 126 of 2021 (Intro No. 2261-A) went...
Jan 6, 20222 min read
New License Requirements for Elevator Work in NYC
Did you know that there are over 70,000 passenger elevators and over 2,800 escalators in New York City under the jurisdiction of the...
Jan 5, 20223 min read
Key to NYC Mandate
As of December 27, employers must ensure that all workers who enter the workplace or come into contact with the public during the course...
Sep 1, 20213 min read
Skyline Introduces Skyline Access
Industrial Rope Access Specialists This summer, Skyline Restoration launched Skyline Access to provide an added and enhanced service to...
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Commissioner LaRocca predicts 2021 to be “our safest year yet”
DOB's 2nd annual Build Safe | Live Safe Digital Construction Safety Conference The free and open to the public, five-day-long event...
Jun 14, 20211 min read
National Safety Stand-Down To Prevent Falls in Construction
Skyline Restoration proudly participated again this year in the OSHA 2021 National Safety Stand-Down To Prevent Falls in Construction....
Jun 14, 20213 min read
New safety legislation and sweeping code revisions
The NYC Department of Buildings Announces Proposed Bills General contractors to be licensed by DOB, and more site safety supervision at...
Jun 14, 20218 min read
Legalized adult-use cannabis + absolute liability Scaffold Law = ?
Why is reform of LABOR LAW 240 more urgent than ever now? On March 31, New York became the 15th state in the nation to legalize cannabis....
Jun 14, 20211 min read
“Scaffold Law is holding back affordable housing”
In an Op-Ed in Crain’s New York Business titled “New York's Scaffold Law is holding back affordable housing” Jolie Milstein, president...
Jun 14, 20211 min read
US Department of Labor announces new members of Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh has appointed 15 individuals to serve as members on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and...
Dec 28, 20201 min read
Bird friendly design requirements for all new buildings and alterations
Local Law 15 of 2020 goes into effect on January 10, 2021 The Jacob K. Javits Center, newly completed full replacement of exterior...
Dec 28, 20204 min read
Worker Safety Days 1 and 2
During consecutive sessions at the week-long Build Safe / Live Safe Digital 2020 Conference, the NYC Buildings Department presented the...
Dec 28, 20202 min read
Fostering a “culture of safety”
DOB’s 2020 Digital: Safety, Innovation & Sustainability Conference DOB Commissioner Melanie E. LaRocca during the Worker Safety Report...
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