Active Code Official Certifications

The Division of Building Standards and Codes administers the mandatory statewide Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (Uniform Code) and State Energy Conservation Construction Code (Energy Code). The Division provides technical assistance, administers variances, delivers educational courses, oversees the enforcement practices of local governments and serves as secretariat to the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council. The Division program was created by Chapter 707 of the Laws of 1981. The New York Legislature enacted Article 18 of the Executive Law, directing the formulation of a Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (Uniform Code). The Uniform Code is designed to cover new construction, building rehabilitation, fire safety, and housing maintenance.

This dataset provides a listing of certifications issued by the Division of Building Standards and Codes for Code Enforcement Officials and Building Safety Inspectors that are currently active based on records received and maintained by the division.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"ny-gov/active-code-official-certifications-civu-giic\".\"active_code_official_certifications\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.