Winner of urbanSHED
Competition Announced |
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On Thursday, January 21, Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg, Buildings
Commissioner Robert LiMandri and
American Institute of Architects
New York Chapter President Anthony
Schirripa,AIA,
unveiled the winner of the
urbanSHED International Design
Competition. The
competition challenged the global
design community to create a new
standard of sidewalk shed. The
winning design was selected from 164
submissions entered by architects,
engineers, designers and students
from 28 countries around the world.
The competition winner, "Urban
Umbrella," was developed by
Young-Hwan Choi, a 28-year-old
student from the University of
Pennsylvania with assistance from Sarrah Khan,
P.E., and Andres Cortes, R.A., of
the New York-based design firm
Agencie Group. Agencie Group
provided technical expertise in the
second stage of the competition that
helped advance Choi's design. View
photos and design drawings. A prototype of the design will be
built at a job site in Lower
Manhattan this summer.
Urban Umbrella will be on display in the
Helfand Gallery at the Center for Architecture at 536 LaGuardia Place in Manhattan through February
10, 2010. The competition was sponsored
by DOB, AIANY, Alliance for Downtown
New York, ABNY Foundation, IESNYC
and New York Building Congress with
additional support from DOT, DCP and
SEAoNY.
New Regulations for Standpipes &
Sprinklers |
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New standpipe
and sprinkler
piping laws
go into effect
this year. Building owners
and contractors
must be sure
that their
properties and
construction
sites comply
with these new
laws.
On February 4, two new laws
went into
effect:
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Local Law
63/2009 which requires
hydrostatic pressure testing
for standpipes and
sprinklers. View
Service
Notice.
Local Law
64/2009 which requires
pressurized alarm systems
for standpipes. View
Service
Notice.
Following the tragic fatal
fire at 130 Liberty Street
in August 2007,
Mayor Bloomberg
appointed Deputy Mayor
Edward Skyler to lead a
multi-agency working group to
develop ways to
improve safety and oversight
at construction, demolition and abatement
sites. These new laws
were part of the
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recommendations generated by
the working group. |
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Public Hearings |
Submission of Construction Documents |
February 23 |
On February 23,
the Department
will hold a
public hearing
on a proposed rule relating to the
submission of
construction
documents.
The Department
proposes to
amend subdivision a of
section 101-02
of Title 1 of
the Rules of the
City of New
York. The hearing will
be held at 2:00pm in the 6th Floor
Training Room at
Department
headquarters at
280 Broadway in
Manhattan.
Student Apartments |
March 1 |
On March 1, the
Department will
hold a public
hearing on a proposed rule relating to classifications of student apartments. The Department proposes to add Chapter 300 and section 310-01 to Title 1 of
the Official
Compilation of
the Rules of the
City of New
York. The hearing will
be held at 10:00am in the 6th Floor
Training Room at
Department
headquarters at
280 Broadway in
Manhattan.
NFPA 14 Amendment |
March 10 |
On
March 10, the Department will
hold a public
hearing on a
proposed rule relating to
National Fire
Protection
Association 14
Amendment. The Department
of Buildings
proposes to add
section 3616-03
to Subchapter Q
of chapter 3600
of Title 1 of
the Rules of the
City of New
York. The hearing will
be held at 10:00
am in the 6th
Floor Training
Room at
Department
headquarters at
280 Broadway in
Manhattan.
On
March 10, the
Department will
hold a public
hearing on a proposed rule relating to
fees. The
Department
proposes to amend Section
101-03 of Title
1 of the Rules
of the City of
New York. The hearing will
be held at 11:00am in the 6th Floor
Training Room at
Department
headquarters at
280 Broadway in
Manhattan. |
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SEAoNY Seminar
February 10, 2010
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On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Department
experts will participate in a seminar
hosted by the Structural Engineers |
Association of New York (SEAoNY). Topics covered at the seminar will include: concrete testing and
inspections, masonry buildings, building
research, demolition requirements and an
overview of Departmental changes in
2009.
The seminar will be held at the New York
Academy of Sciences at 250 Greenwich
Street in Manhattan. It will run
from 8:00am to 2:00pm.
Registration is required and can be done
through www.seaony.org.
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