Attention to all General Contractors, electricians, fire alarm vendors, engineers and developers. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) issued a new bulletin related to fire alarm as-built riser diagram requirements. This bulletin supersedes the previous bulletin titled “Technology Management Bulletin No. 3/2010 Submission of Fire Alarm As-Built Drawings”. This new bulletin is titled “FireRead more
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The following three New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Rules have been amended to allow for greater flexibility of the fire alarm plan examination and inspection / approval processes: 3 RCNY §104-02, entitled “Professional Certification of Fire Alarm System Installations;” 3 RCNY §104-04, entitled “Certification of Corrected Defects in Fire Alarm System Installations;” 3 RCNYRead more
The demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS) has been increasing at a rapid rate. Battery energy storage systems reduce environmental impacts, improve reliability and resilience and also save on costs for a building over the life of a system. Due to the surge in popularity we have seen a large influx in requests toRead more
On March 1, 2021 the FDNY issued a new Pilot Program for Remote Video Inspections Performance Test (RVI-PT) to assist buildings in obtaining their Temporary Certificate of Occupancy. In the instance where an FDNY inspection cannot be performed prior to the requested TCO date, the FDNY is allowing for an RVI-PT to be performed to validate theRead more
Effective December 1, 2020 the FDNY has implemented a program to perform fire alarm inspections remotely called “Remote Video Inspections (RVI)”. The overall intent of the program is to maximize efficiency while minimizing COVID exposures. The process is only available for an inspection of Letter of Defects, at the discretion of FDNY. It is notRead more
In October of 2016 the State of Connecticut adopted new codes which retroactively require sprinklers to be installed in existing high-rise apartment buildings. Many building owners and property managers have been asking if this requirement applies to their building. It’s important to understand if the new code requirement applies to your building and what optionsRead more