As you may recall, the Department of Buildings launched a new initiative last Spring to store and make accessible all the paperwork it receives as part of the construction permitting process. (This is no small matter: The department receives over 300,000 pages of paper every month.) The program launched in Staten Island back on April 30, expanded to the Bronx on June 25 and kicked into gear in Brooklyn on July 30. Since then, according to a source at the DOB, the Brooklyn Borough Office has scanned 13,962 documents, representing 2,311 jobs. Through last Friday, 1,186 permits had been issued for these jobs. How does it work? If you check out the file for 659 45th Street, for example, you’ll see a menu item called “Virtual Job Folder.” In this case, opening that folder yields nine scanned documents, including a couple of work permit applications, an asbestos exemption certification letter and a professional certification statement. Neato.
Job #310002886 Doc#1 [DOB]