Insights
Explainers on Legionella testing, SWPPP, dewatering, remediation, soil management, and other sectors, written for the stakeholders who have to navigate them.
Chapter 206 of the Laws of 2026 changes cooling tower certification from annual to biannual, tightens remediation deadlines, and raises fines. Here's what it means for your building.
Read →When NYC investigates a Legionnaires' disease cluster, cooling tower owners in the area can be ordered to clean, disinfect, and retest on short notice. Here's how the investigation actually unfolds — PCR screening, culture confirmation, and where owners fit in.
Read →Every NYC cooling tower needs a written Maintenance Program and Plan before startup. Here's what the document actually has to contain — and why it's the operating manual regulators expect you to follow, not just a filing.
Read →From registration to biannual certification — a plain-language walkthrough of what NYC actually requires of a registered cooling tower over the course of a year, with the full cycle mapped out.
Read →The Stormwater Manual gives two different answers for how to calculate a site's pre-development impervious area — and the difference can change whether a project needs a SWPPP at all.
Read →A new home for field notes on SWPPP, dewatering, remediation, soil management, and cooling tower compliance.
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