Department Leads Elevator
Escalator Safety Week |
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Commissioner Robert LiMandri and
five members from the Department's
Elevators Unit visited P.S. 19 in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn on November
9, kicking off two weeks of safety classes to educate first, second and third graders in New York
City's public schools. As a part of
National Elevator Escalator Safety
Awareness Week, the Buildings
Department is visiting 13 schools in
all five boroughs to teach children
how to safely ride the City's 60,000
elevators and 2,200 escalators and
what to do in the event of an
emergency. After the event at P.S.
19, 170 students received Junior
Inspector badges and certificates of
completion.
The classes feature a coloring book with educational activities about elevators and escalators, a short
video, and tips from Safety Kat, the
dynamic mascot of Elevator Escalator
Safety Week who helps children learn
how to stay safe. In a city like New
York, where escalators and elevators
are a part of daily life, these
classes are an opportunity to help
New York City's children learn how
to prevent accidents and be prepared
to 'Ring, Relax and Wait' in case of
an emergency.
View more photos from the event.
View the safety flyer. |
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Energy Conservation
Construction Code |
Energy Code Compliance
Learn how to meet New York State's
energy code requirements. Download our new guide.
Energy Code Training Session
On December 2, join the American
Institute of Architects, the
American Society of Heating
Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers, and
the Urban Green Council at an energy code
training session. The session will
cover both state and city
requirements. Continuing
education credits are available. Learn
more.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
8:00am – 4:30pm
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, New York,
NY
Energy Code Request for
Proposals
The New York State Energy
Research Development Authority
(NYSERDA) issued a Request for
Proposals for providers to help
inform people about the energy
code. Proposals are due by 5:00pm on Monday, December 7. |
ICC 2009 Annual Conference |
The Department also participated in the
"Major Jurisdiction" meeting where
representatives from state capitals, large cities and cities with populations greater than 1 million residents discussed the most effective
strategies for administration, building
maintenance and safety.
The
annual conference and code development hearings,
which attract experts from around the
world, run for two weeks each year and serve as the
basis for development and modification
of the International Building Code. |
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Service Updates |
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Safety Registration
Individuals and organizations
performing or supervising |
certain construction projects must
secure a Safety Registration Number by December 1. The PW2 form has been updated to support the safety registration number requirement and is available online. Both versions of the
PW2 will be accepted until December 1. |
| will go into effect for full and partial demolitions. Contractors must now call (212) 227-4416 to notify the Department 24
to 48 hours before starting work. |
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New Fees for ACP5 Form
The filing fee for the ACP5
form is now $25.00 |
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Fire Alarm Plan Examination
Beginning in December, fire alarm
plans will be reviewed by |
| the Fire Department
at FDNY headquarters at 9 MetroTech in Brooklyn. To find out more about the upcoming changes, visit
the FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention's website. |
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Revised PW1 Coming
In January, the Department
will revise the PW1 form to
support |
| new asbestos requirements. Applicants must use either the
07/08 or 10/09 versions until
then. |
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Limited Alteration Filings
BISWeb is being updated to
display additional information |
| about Limited Alteration
Applications, including the date
of approval. The
Department is revising the
LAA1 to support these changes.
The new form must be used
beginning December 7. |
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Buildings Bulletin 2009-020
The Department issued
Buildings
Bulletin 2009-020 |
which establishes acceptance
criteria for stay-in-place,
foam plastic insulating concrete
form systems.
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Holiday Closure
The Department will be closed on
Thursday, November 26 |
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Keep reading Buildings News for new information and updates.
Dan Eschenasy, PE,
Chief Structural Engineer
 On Saturday, November 14,
Buildings Department Chief
Structural Engineer Dan
Eschenasy, PE, delivered a
presentation on his paper Wind Related Failures of
Temporary Construction
Installations at the
American Society of Civil
Engineers' 5th
Annual Congress on Forensic
Engineering in Washington D.C.
At the event, which was held
November 11 to November 14,
Mr. Eschenasy reviewed his
findings with more than 200
attendees and discussed ways to
improve practice and code
provisions. Mr. Eschenasy's paper
compares construction and
non-construction related
wind incidents and focuses on
statistics of fences,
sidewalk sheds, construction
formwork and scaffold
incidents.
Mr. Eschenasy has served the
City for 18 years and worked
at the Buildings Department
since 2004. |
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