Dear DOB Community:
I'm
excited to share the first DOB
NOW Digest of 2019! We are
dedicated to making this digest
a helpful tool to learn about
upcoming activity, get tips for
using our systems and provide
more opportunities to address
the needs of our stakeholders.
Today we are sharing some of the
new features arriving in May and
other updates to help you make
the most of your DOB NOW
experience.
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New Features
Arriving May 2, 2019 |
Enhancements to Place of
Assembly (PA) and Temporary
Place of Assembly (TPA) filings
Based on industry feedback, we
are making a number of
improvements to the PA and TPA
filings. The Delegated Associate
(either a Filing Representative
Class II or another design
professional) will be able to
enter data, handle objections
and appointments, as well as
upload plans and documents.
Other improvements include
increasing the number that can
be entered in the Maximum
Occupancy field.
For
TPAs, applicants will be able to
make changes to the event dates
even if the review has started.
Additionally, the TR Inspection
(emergency lighting) requirement
is being eliminated, which will
reduce the number of steps to
request a Temporary Place of
Assembly Certificate of
Operation (TPACO).
Making it easier to extend
permits for Elevator filings
By
updating your insurance and
license information before the
permit expires, you can keep all
elevator permits active in DOB
NOW: Build. See below for more
information about how permits
will expire.
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All You Need to
Know About Permit
Expiration Dates |
Permits issued in DOB NOW:
Build have an expiration
date that is the earliest of:
-
Insurances expiration
(general liability,
disability, or workers'
compensation)
-
License expiration
-
One year from date of permit
issuance
If
the permit expiration date is
less than one year from date of
issuance because of expiration
of insurance or the license, it
is extended automatically at no
cost if the insurance or license
is renewed before the expiration
date.
To
get the automatic permit
extension, renewal information
must be submitted in advance to
the DOB Licensing Unit to ensure
sufficient time for processing.
(See instructions to
submit new insurance
certificates and license renewal
information.) If there is a
lapse in insurance or license,
then the licensee will need to
renew the permit and pay the
$100 fee. For permits that
expire because it has been more
than one year since the date of
issuance, the licensee must also
continue to renew and pay the
$100 fee.
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A Quicker,
Cleaner and Smarter
Summons |
In
August 2018, DOB began a pilot
Mobile Electronic Violations
program to replace handwritten
OATH summonses and DOB
violations with electronic forms
that are generated onsite by the
inspector using a wireless
printer. The goal of the pilot
was to streamline the creation
of violations/summonses for DOB
inspectors and to make sure
respondents received an
accurate, clear, easy to read
document with steps to take
corrective action. After a
successful pilot program, DOB
has started rolling out this
technology across the agency. We
are reducing the amount of data
entry errors and more
importantly the amount of time
it takes to make the data
publicly available, in some
cases from weeks to just 2
days.
View
the
new format. The process for
respondents to cure conditions
and respond to violations has
not changed and the violation
and summons information is still
available in the Buildings
Information System (BIS).
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Upcoming
Releases |
DOB NOW: Build ━
Mechanical Systems (MS) filings
━ launches July 2019
DOB NOW: Build ━
Structural (ST) filings ━
launches July 2019
More
information will be coming soon
regarding these releases. Until
then, please continue to review
DOB NOW training and support
information that is available on
the
website. If you have
questions or comments, please
use the
DOB NOW Help Form.
Best,

Archana Jayaram
Deputy Commissioner of Strategic
Planning and Policy
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