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Digitization of the Certificate of Occupancy process
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Constadino Sirakis explains the digitization of the Certificate of Occupancy (CO) process and how it has improved record-keeping and data analysis capabilities for the Department of Buildings.
- The CO process has been digitized, allowing for better statistics and record-keeping
- Digital COs include expiration dates with digital time stamps
- The department doesn't regularly inspect buildings solely due to expired TCOs
- Other factors, such as facade reports or hazardous conditions, trigger inspections
Constadino (Gus) Sirakis
0:09:18
Thank you for the question.
0:09:19
If I if I understand it, correctly, I think the the idea of the c of o process that we have in place right now has been digitized, is where we're able to get all of these statistics.
0:09:32
In the past, the c of o was a eight and a half by 11 piece of paper.
0:09:36
Even the the digital versions that you see on our website, all of our CFOs, I think, for, with the exception of some that may have, been miss misidentified, from older records, are scanned and uploaded onto the individual building's property profile.
0:09:52
As we have moved into the digital age, as applications are filed for new CFOs, we are, issuing them digitally, both, final COs as well as temporary COs.
0:10:03
And the expiration date is a digital date has a digital date and time stamp in on that record.
0:10:10
So we do have that information.
0:10:13
From the standpoint of how we perform our inspections, are typically there two forms of inspections.
0:10:19
One would be the customer requested inspection that they are ready for completed construction or something related to an enforcement action.
0:10:27
From the enforcement side, we don't regularly just visit a building because of an expired TCO.
0:10:33
That in and of itself doesn't ring as an immediate safety concern.
0:10:38
Things such as, you know, no report filed for a facade, an incident related to car into building.
0:10:48
We'll get referrals from other agencies for hazardous conditions.
0:10:52
Those would be other ways that we would go besides the traditional 311 complaints as to how we would arrive a building.