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Share The Department of Buildings has taken another step towards streamlining permitting and zoning regulations to make life easier for contractors and small businesses. The newest recommendations come from a Task Force co-directed by the DOB and the New York City Department of City Planning concern the installation of compliant storefront signage. And it is hoped they will help cut the red tape and bureaucracy that has hurt small businesses in particular who’ve run foul of antiquated rules that regulate the size, site and even who’s qualified to erect and install different signs. ...

For now that border is barely visible but for him it's an invisible spot across the country and in many souls. pro asia has become an extremely popular holiday destination for people from all over the world but it's been discovered by the film industry to the wild and rugged nature found in troy. lakes national park is a coveted location for european movie makers but since the government made the decision to relax the park's construction code while once pristine lakes have become literal cesspools as new buildings were put up with no plans for waste treatment or you know ask a world heritage s...

Since 1928. in 1928, we got a hurricane that where 5,000 people lost their lives. and right now, we're still managing. property, you can recall the property. but life? those are the important things. and that's the reason rescue teams and people who came from the states to help us out from the department of defense, from fema, coast guard. and even from some states are waiting till this hurricane passes to go out and rescue and search for people. i mean, we've got a construction code that is complete, but most of the people here, poor people live in wooden houses. that wooden hows will never r...

>> that for many of the cranes that are active are set loose so that they can spin. is that more safe? >> that is what is ped. and i'm staying in a highrise so i can see how the construction code is. but i can tell you there is only one job site where they have taken or the horizontal part of the "t" crane. everything else is up and floating and they are hoping that the cranes dochbn't go dow. >> when it comes to building well, people have learned over the years what best to do. and situations like irma will test it. are there no rules in place for cranes and active construction sites how much...

How many people need help? >> well, fortunately, since we have had a history of earthquakes, the construction code in chile is strict and demanding. so, i think that an 8.8 quake in another country without the building codes that we have could have meant thousands upon thousands of lives lost. that has not been the case, even though there are some high-rises that have fallen in around the city of concepcion, and there are people trapped. this is not in any shape or form anything similar to the tragedy of haiti. these are restricted areas, and buildings and the rescue operations are under way. ...