Buildings Department

• Buildings Department Releases Annual Safety Report Card

While the Safety Report Card indicates a downward trend in overall construction-related fatalities and injuries, the number of accidents on high-rise sites has increased by 83%, from 23 to 42. Part of this increase is attributed to accidents involving construction material falling off high-rise buildings under construction, which happened more often during concrete operations, the stage during which concrete is poured to erect a building's walls and floors. The ratio of concrete operations causing material to fall from high-rise construction sites increased to 68% in 2007, causing 23 of the 34 emergencies of this type. Material falling off buildings under construction also comprised 33% of accidents on low-rise sites, even as the overall number of accidents on low-rise sites decreased. ...

• Culvert Chronicles, The
• August 21, 2009

• Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. United States Postal Service; William F. Bolger, Postmaster General of the United States; John P. Doran, Regional Postmaster General, United States Postal Service; and E. P. Gailmard, Regional Director, Real Estate and Buildings Department, United States Postal Service, Defendants-Appellants., 658 F.2d 1182 (7th Cir. 1981)

Dan K. Webb, U. S. Atty., Mary Anne Mason, Nancy K. Needles, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants. Thomas Campbell, Gardner,...

• Federal Circuits

• LiMandri: falling workers most common site accidents: Buildings Department launches a safety week with emphasis on harness use.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri launched a new citywide safety campaign to encourage construction workers to use prope...

• Real Estate Weekly
• April 27, 2011

• Five Individuals Charged with Filing Hundreds of Fraudulent Documents with City's Buildings Department

Department of Investigation Commissioner [Rose Gill Hearn] said, "The conduct alleged in these arrests appears to be a blueprint being used by the unscrupulous to circumvent the City's Building Code that could have potentially created public safety hazards. As the City experiences a construction boom, it presents unique challenges, including from those willing to sidestep the law. The arrests today show that the cooperative effort among investigators, prosecutors and the regulatory agency can and will address criminal wrongdoing and at the same time keep public safety and compliance with the Building Code as significant parts of the investigation. This case is another by-product of the 'Operation Safe Building and Safe Housing' initiative formed by the Queens District Attorney's Office....

• Culvert Chronicles, The
• August 20, 2009

• 38 CFR 1.11 - Quarters for Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Government-owned or -rented buildings overseas.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

• Buildings Department Hosts International Conference On Crane Safety

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, cranes have caused 323 fatalities across the country between 1992 and 2006, 68 of which were due to collapsing cranes like the one that led to the death of six workers and one civilian on March 15 in New York City. Following two crane collapses in New York City this year, the Department has hired engineering experts to study crane operations, expanded crane inspection checklists from 35 items to more than 200, and implemented tougher regulations, including mandatory training for tower crane workers and the submission of detailed rigging and jumping plans as part of the crane application process.

• Culvert Chronicles, The
• August 28, 2009

• Energi Becomes Financial Ally to Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge.

Energi joins industry leaders for CEO Roundtable and working group at the White House to help drive the nation's energy efficiency objectives PEABOD...

• Business Wire
• December 02, 2011

• The Yankees' Clean-Up Man

When a buildings department deputy commissioner was indicted in 2000 for taking Mets and Rangers tickets, as well as a family trip to Florida, from a vendor, an outraged Giuliani denounced his conduct as "reprehensible," particularly "at high levels in city agencies," and said that such officials had to be "singled out" and "used as examples.

• Village Voice, The
• August 19, 2009

• Department of Buildings.

Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri announced the appointment of Susan J. Pogoda as the new deputy commissioner of legal affairs at the Department ...

• Real Estate Weekly
• December 15, 2010

• 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge Founder Andy Sullivan Calls On Nyc Department of Buildings to Inspect Ground Zero Mosque's Non-Existent Permits

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released by Blue Collar Corner: Andy Sullivan, founder of the 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge was an eyewitness to the World Trade Center attacks. After seeing the first plane hit he successfully evacuated all of his construction crew. His one regret from that day is "not knowing that the first girl I ever loved was working at Cantor Fitzgerald. I could have saved her.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 30, 2010