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A SKYLINE RESTORATION PUBLICATION
Celebrating 150 years in business, Gladding McBean, the legacy terra cotta fabricators, share how they’ve integrated new technologies
into their traditional processes to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
ISSUE #52 SPRING 2025
An award-winning restoration uncovers a hidden 20th-century roofing system—and a modern solution forged through collaboration.
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New Sidewalk Shed Designs
Arup US and Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) to design new sidewalk sheds and pedestrian safety equipment for New Yorkers New...
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...
May 22, 20241 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 24, 20243 min read
What May Change For insurers in New York
Proposed legislation would require insurance companies providing coverage for liability under the Scaffold Law to report to the...
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Hochul Vetoes Bill on Noncompete Agreements
On December 22, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill proposing a comprehensive ban on noncompete agreements in employment in New...
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, 20241 min read
Minimum Wage Increase
As of January 1, 2024, the minimum wage in New York increased to $16 per hour in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island....
Feb 15, 20241 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...
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Legislation Makes Wage Theft Larceny in New York State
It allows prosecutors to seek stronger criminal penalties against employers who steal wages from workers “My administration is committed...
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Sidewalk Shed Permits and Approved Artwork
As of September 1, 2023, the NYC Department of Buildings no longer waives the Work Without a Permit civil penalty for installed permitted...
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Adams' Plan to Convert Vacant Offices Into Housing
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Dan Garodnick are taking steps towards...
Oct 25, 20231 min read
More Guard Aid for Asylum Seeker Crisis Support
On September 25, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the deployment of an additional 150 members of the New York National...
Oct 25, 20231 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, 20235 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...
Oct 25, 20236 min read
Legislation Package to Address Scaffolding
Bills aim to speed up the process for taking down scaffolding, allow for less intrusive alternatives to be used, ensure the scaffolding...
Jun 12, 20233 min read
Scaffold Law Reform
H.R.2542 - Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2023 "would protect federal money from scaffold law" "...And ensure that money we get for the...
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Over $12M in grants for worker safety, health training
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of more than $12.7 million in funding to make more good jobs available to the...
Jun 12, 20232 min read
New DOB Commissioner
On April 27, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the appointment of Jimmy Oddo as the commissioner for the New York City Department...
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Thank You for Visiting!
On Saturday, February 25, New York Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Manuel Castro met with asylum seekers at The...
Feb 28, 20231 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
Material Price Escalation Bill Vetoed
On December 30, Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the Material Price Escalation Bill (A.10109/S.8844). As the Women Builders Council (WBC)...
Feb 28, 20231 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, 20232 min read
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