Permit Office (AHJ)
New York City Department of Buildings (DOB)
Five boroughs: New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond Counties · New York
MEP, structural, civil, and energy-compliance engineering for New York City projects — permitted through New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and designed to the city's adopted codes and amendments.
Coordinated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design — engineered as one system, stamped by licensed professionals, and documented for fast permit approval.
Structural systems designed to the loads your state actually imposes — gravity, seismic, wind, and snow — with drawings built to get approved the first time.
Site engineering that clears local review — grading, drainage, and utilities designed to each jurisdiction's published standards from day one.
Energy compliance handled as engineering, not paperwork — documentation matched to the exact code edition your permitting jurisdiction enforces.
The NYC Construction Codes are locally enacted codes, not the unamended New York State code. The 2022 code cycle includes NYC-specific building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel-gas, and administrative provisions; alterations also use the NYC Existing Building Code, and Local Law 97 creates a separate emissions-cap compliance obligation for covered buildings.
The city’s construction market combines major multifamily, healthcare, institutional, transit-adjacent, and high-rise work with an enormous stock of prewar and postwar buildings requiring conversion, façade, MEP, and energy upgrades. Local Law 97, façade safety obligations, constrained staging, and utility capacity make decarbonization and rehabilitation as significant as ground-up construction.
Reviewed 2026-09-11. Code editions and local requirements can change; confirm the current requirements with the authority having jurisdiction before design.
DOB filings and plan-review workflows use DOB NOW: Build for many job types, with other DOB systems still used for specified filings. A project may also be subject to Department of City Planning zoning actions, Landmarks Preservation Commission review, Fire Department approval, Department of Environmental Protection sewer review, and Department of Transportation permits; the registered design professional must establish the applicable filing and agency path before submission.
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