Year: 2010
A New Way to Remedy ECB Violations
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has recently lifted the prior mandatory obligation of property owners who have been charged with an ECB Notice of Violation (a violation notifying the recipient that its property does not comply with a provision of the...
New York City Department of Buildings Stalled Sites Program
The City of New York has recently enacted legislation allowing Owner-Developers of stalled construction sites to quickly restart construction by voluntarily participating in a new site safety program in exchange for the right to renew building permits for up to four...
The Importance of an On-site, Full-time Owner’s Representative
In the usual case, problems that arise during construction are not the subject of dispute resolution until a project is substantially completed. Owners may then find that negotiated construction contract provisions with regard to required written notice of claims,...
Project Labor Agreements
As a response to the rapidly rising costs of construction and its impact on the New York City building industry, the Building Trades Employers' Association ("BTEA"), which represents 28 contractor groups and more than 1,700 union firms, and the Building and...