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Test your knowledge of the NYC Building Code and Procedures!
Q1: A Registered Architect or Professional Engineer performs the duty of a Construction Inspector on what kind of application:
A1: Directive-14. Directive 14/1975 authorizes an Architect or Engineer to ‘sign off’ the construction in place of the Department of Building’s Inspector. This legislation was necessitated by the fact that the volume of construction grew far in excess of the number of available Inspectors.
Q2: True or False: Although general inspection items such as egress and occupancy may be signed off by the Architect or Engineer directly, more complicated inspections such as those pertaining to welding or bolting may be performed by NYC DOB Construction Inspectors only.
A2: False. The opposite is true. Egress and Occupancy must be inspected by a NYC DOB Construction Inspector, and cannot be signed-off by the Architect or Engineer. Additionally, the Department of Buildings relies upon Licensed Professionals to file Inspection reports as to the integrity of such items as welding and bolting, since these inspections are not performed by Construction Inspectors.
Q3: True or False: When the NYC DOB disapproves an application for a proposed construction job, the Architect or Engineer should withdraw the application as soon as possible and stop all work.
A3: False. The NYC DOB routinely ‘Disapproves’ applications for proposed construction. The Examiner’s objections are typically minor and easily remedied.
Q4: The current New York City Building Code (the ‘New Code’) came into effect on what date?
A4: December 6, 1968.
Q5: The ‘Old Code’ may sometimes still be implemented on buildings constructed during what time period in New York City?
A5: Buildings constructed between 1938 and 1968.
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