Category: Building Operations

Maintenance Spring Maintenance
Spring Maintenance

Though 'winter' in these days of shifting, warming climate tends to involve more chilly rain and slush than the snowdrifts and icecicles of decades past, multifamily buildings are still on the hook for some seasonal maintenace when the cale…

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Maintenance Extending Your Elevator's Life
Extending Your Elevator's Life

If you live in a high-rise building (or even a tall walk-up), you know how crucial it is to have safe, reliable, functional elevators. Replacing even one elevator can be very expensive, and the hassle and inconvenience to residents can be e…

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Energy Conservation Climate Act Compliance
Climate Act Compliance

While many NYC building owners and managers have committed to reduce energy waste in their properties, promote efficiency, and strive for a greener city and planet, the sweeping nine-bill Climate Mobilization Act passed in May of 2019 and t…

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Design Fitting in Fitness
Fitting in Fitness

The most popular amenity by far in apartment communities—whether co-op, condo, or rental—is a gym. Even in small buildings, where space for extras is at a premium, boards look for ways to add a fitness room somewhere, anywhere, they can wed…

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Insurance The NY Policy Holders Protection Act
The NY Policy Holders Protection Act

Of all the duties - and challenges - a co-op or condo board has to keep track of, insurance likely doesn't rank among the most thrilling; but of course that's no excuse to remain in the dark about changes to coverage-related legislation. In…

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Management Major Building Construction Projects
Major Building Construction Projects

Most buildings will have to undergo some kind of exterior or facade-related work at some point in their useful lives - it's inevitable. But sometimes those projects can be noisy, dusty, and disruptive to not just the building being worked o…

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Security DOB Expedites New Façade Inspection Rules
DOB Expedites New Façade Inspection Rules

After 60-year-old architect Erica Tishman was tragically killed the week before Christmas by loose material falling from a building façade near Times Square, the New York Department of Buildings (DOB) is expediting changes to its façade ins…

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