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DOB Seeks New
York's Next Top Building Design Code Innovator
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The Department of Buildings is inviting
submissions of new ideas on the best approaches to improve the
city's 1.1 million buildings, keep construction workers and the
public safe, and modernize the construction process. On Monday,
June 29, 2020, the DOB, in partnership with the NYC Economic
Development Corporation and the Urban Tech Hub, announced the
first ever, "Hack the Building Code" Innovation Challenge, which gives
entrants the opportunity to offer proposals on how to improve
and modernize the city's Building Code.
The winner of this innovation
challenge will be supported for inclusion in the 2020 NYC
Building Code, agency Buildings Bulletin, or industry best
practices guidelines. The winner will also be featured in
upcoming DOB industry seminars and events highlighting how NYC's
Building Code keeps every New Yorker safe. For more information
on how to enter, visit
Help
Hack the Building Code. All entries must be submitted online by August 21 2020. The winner will
be announced this Fall.
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The Challenge
"Hack the Building Code" Innovation
Challenge is seeking proposals on:
- Improving worker safety
- Identifying new regulations that would
foster innovation or new technology, plus finding outdated
regulations that are impeding innovation
- Minimizing the effects of construction
(ex: noise, dust, vibrations)
- Creating innovative fire-resistant and
construction techniques
- Designing new fire resistant materials
- Innovating façade inspections and
repairs
- Developing adaptive architecture
- Facilitating design-build collaborations
- Creating new takes on business processes
to improve customer experience and become more efficient
- Incorporating Building Information
Modeling (BIM), digitizing the workplace and other design
innovations
- Developing safe work practices to
continue preventing the spread of COVID-19
Who Decides the
Winner?
This competition will be led by the Department of Buildings and the Code
Innovation Committee, comprised of representatives from the
construction, design and real estate industries. Finalists will be
selected after review by the committee and will present their proposals
at DOB's Build Safe/Live Safe Conference on September 25, 2020.
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