Celebrating Excellence
Skyline Restoration Receives Its Third Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award for One Wall Street The One Wall Street Condominium Residences...
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- Jul 5
- 4 min
DOB Highlights the 2022 Construction Code Revisions
During the "Spring Digital Build: Safety, Innovation & Sustainability Conference" “Building codes truly serve as the structural skeleton...
- Jan 6
- 4 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
NYC Construction Outlook Forecasts $161 billion in spending for 2021-2023
The New York Building Congress and the New York Building Foundation released their 2021-2023 New York City Construction Outlook, part of...
- Jan 6
- 4 min
Peter Oxenham
After 17 years and over 3,000 estimates, Skyline Restoration’s senior estimator, a mentor to many, retired earlier this year PHOTO:...
- Jan 6
- 3 min
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...
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
Working with the best in the industry
This month marks my fifteenth anniversary with Skyline Restoration. I vividly remember the day I accepted John Kalafatis’ invitation to...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
Jobs in NYC construction took huge hit during the pandemic, over 14% decline
New York State has lost 40,700 (-5%) construction jobs according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) “State List of...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
“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...
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
Site Safety Training extended to March 1, 2021
On August 27, the New York City Council voted to extend the deadline for workers to acquire 40 hours of site safety training (SST) from...
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Restoring the past for the present and the future
At 74 Trinity Place, Skyline Restoration salvaged an early 20th century piece of history for generations to come It took six weeks to...
- Dec 28, 2020
- 4 min
Tesla Center reveals first renovation on historic lab
A 112-year-old chimney crown designed for inventor Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe laboratory is restored to its original spot The...
- Dec 28, 2020
- 5 min
“I can do this”
Skyline Restoration salutes the women who take part in restoring the buildings of our historic city, and proudly presents one of its own:...
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
COVID-19 preparedness plan - Safety policies & procedures for the construction industry
The Andromeda Academy of Construction Trades, a DOB-aproved training provider in New York City, has developed a COVID-19 safety policies...
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
FISP and the Climate Mobilization Act
As building owners strive to
comply with the FISP, they need
to keep in mind that the 2020
NYC Energy Conservation Code
(NYCECC), a wholly n
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
Steps to restart your project
Site-specific health plan, affirmation and other requirements The new guidance reinforces the New York State Department of Health’s...
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
The NYCSRA elects its first female president
The New York City Special Riggers Association (NYCSRA) is proud to announce, welcome and congratulate its new president, Veronika...
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Restoration of the Bell Tower at NYU
The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU, named for the octogenarian monarch who ceded the throne to his son, features programming...
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Job hazard analysis & PPE
OSHA’s safety guidance for the construction workforce The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently released a guidance with...