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...

On Wednesday, November 10th, the New York City Council passed four new construction safety bills. Among other important changes, these...

This year’s "Hack the Building Code" winners include innovations to prevent construction worker falls, capture carbon emissions, expedite...

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...

Building owners in Community Districts 2, 5, 7, 13 and 18 in all boroughs, now have until June 30, 2022, to complete their mandatory...

As of January 1, 2022, property owners who fail to file an acceptable report certifying sprinklers were installed in their building, as...

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...

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...

As of December 27, employers must ensure that all workers who enter the workplace or come into contact with the public during the course...

Industrial Rope Access Specialists This summer, Skyline Restoration launched Skyline Access to provide an added and enhanced service to...

DOB's 2nd annual Build Safe | Live Safe Digital Construction Safety Conference The free and open to the public, five-day-long event...

Skyline Restoration proudly participated again this year in the OSHA 2021 National Safety Stand-Down To Prevent Falls in Construction....

The NYC Department of Buildings Announces Proposed Bills General contractors to be licensed by DOB, and more site safety supervision at...

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....

In an Op-Ed in Crain’s New York Business titled “New York's Scaffold Law is holding back affordable housing” Jolie Milstein, president...

U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh has appointed 15 individuals to serve as members on the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and...

Local Law 15 of 2020 goes into effect on January 10, 2021 The Jacob K. Javits Center, newly completed full replacement of exterior...

During consecutive sessions at the week-long Build Safe / Live Safe Digital 2020 Conference, the NYC Buildings Department presented the...

DOB’s 2020 Digital: Safety, Innovation & Sustainability Conference DOB Commissioner Melanie E. LaRocca during the Worker Safety Report...

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...

The winners of the DOB’s Carbon Neutrality and Hack the Building Code Innovation Challenges presented their entries during keynote...

With the renewal of construction activity across New York, the Scaffold Law Reform Coalition (SLRC) and the New York City Special Riggers...

The Andromeda Academy of Construction Trades, a DOB-aproved training provider in New York City, has developed a COVID-19 safety policies...

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