{"id":3920,"date":"2015-10-16T11:23:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randpc.com\/blog\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2015-10-16T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:26:37","slug":"ask-our-experts-special-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/ask-our-experts-special-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Our Experts: Special Inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, the New York City Department of Buildings implemented stricter requirements for Special Inspections to ensure that contractors perform construction work properly and that completed projects adhere to building code. Most repair and upgrade projects require Special Inspections, which must be performed by a Special Inspection Agency registered with the DOB.<\/p>\n<p>In RAND\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/videos\/#aoe\" target=\"_blank\">Ask Our Experts<\/a> video series, RAND Structural Engineer Eugene Gurevich, PE discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/videos\/special-inspections\" target=\"_blank\">Special Inspections<\/a>\u2014the types of inspections, what they entail, and how they enhance construction quality and public safety.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ilzLmpIO4y4\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To view other videos of RAND\u2019s experts addressing building issues ranging from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/videos\/roof-replacement\" target=\"_blank\">roof replacements<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/videos\/adjacent-construction\" target=\"_blank\">monitoring adjacent construction<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/videos\/surveys\" target=\"_blank\">building surveys<\/a>, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randpc.com\/videos\/#aoe\" target=\"_blank\">Ask Our Experts<\/a> page on our website.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a building repair\/upgrade question you would like RAND to address, please contact us at 212-675-8844; <a href=\"mailto:&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x70;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;<span class=\"oe_displaynone\">null<\/span>&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x70;&#x63;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/a> and our experts will be happy to answer it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, the New York City Department of Buildings implemented stricter requirements for Special Inspections to ensure that contractors perform construction work properly and that completed projects adhere to building code. Most repair and upgrade projects require Special Inspections, which...<\/p>\n <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/ask-our-experts-special-inspections\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,25],"tags":[324,305],"class_list":["post-3920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspections","category-randpcs-better-building-videos","tag-ask-our-experts","tag-facade-inspection-safety-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.randpc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}