Friday, December 21, 2018

City of New York -Local Law

Shared by Michael Feminella -NYC Constructors LLC

Introduced by Council Members Maisel, Crowley, Reynoso, Levin, Espinal, Cornegy, Richards, Chin, Kallos, Cohen, Constantinides, Dromm, Williams and Rosenthal.

A LOCAL LAW

To amend the New York city building code, in relation to maintaining crane event records

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section BC 3319 of the New York city building code, as amended by local law 141 for the year 2013, is amended by adding a new section 3319.11 to read as follows:
3319.11 Crane event recorder. No certificate of operation for a crane shall be issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2019, unless the crane is equipped with an event recorder that is supplied by the crane manufacturer, or by a dealer, distributor, vendor, or third-party authorized crane manufacturer.

Exception: Cranes where the manufacturer certifies to the department that an event recorder cannot be installed on the crane due to a technological limitation.
3319.11.1 Data to be recorded. At a minimum, the event recorder shall collect the following data:

1. Crane configuration;
2. Any overload condition;
3. Status of limit switches; and
4. Operator overrides.

3319.11.2 Data to be made available to the commissioner upon request. Data collected by the event recorder shall be made available to the commissioner upon request.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect on January 1, 2019, except that the commissioner of buildings may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, s.s.:
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a local law of The City of New York, passed by the Council on April 25, 2017, and approved by the Mayor on May 10, 2017.
MICHAEL M. McSweeney, City Clerk, Clerk of the Council.

CERTIFICATION OF CORPORATION COUNSEL
I hereby certify that the form of the enclosed local law (Local Law No. 79 of 2017, Council Int. No. 1435-A of 2017) to be filed with the Secretary of State contains the correct text of the local law passed by the New York City Council and approved by the Mayor.

STEPHEN LOUIS, Acting Corporation Counsel.