Greenstar Technology Service Network
For New York contractors and the trades
Your job's file at DOB grows with each permit, inspection and sign-off. Nobody reads it until the job stops. We read it at 6:30 every morning. When an inspection item fails, the sub who clears it gets a work order that quotes the inspector and marks the drawing sheet.
On site
On the slab
Rugged tablets carry the current drawings and the 3D model, synced from the office and marked up on site. The crew builds from the latest revision. A markup made on the sixth floor reaches the architect as soon as the tablet has a signal. With no signal, the drawings still open. Each sheet lists the inspections that depend on it.
Drone and sensors
Each flight gives a dated site map, stockpile and excavation volumes, and progress the owner sees without visiting. An FAA-licensed pilot flies the lot the same way each time, under an NYPD permit for every takeoff and landing and any FAA airspace authorization the site needs. Where the monitoring plan calls for them, vibration monitors on the neighbor's party wall and temperature probes in the pour text the foreman when a reading passes the plan's limit.
Your schedule
We read DOB and OATH each morning and match every permit, inspection result, sign-off, violation and summons to its trade, floors and drawing sheets in your scheduling software, through its export or API. Each row shows the next inspection and the last missing sign-off. A failed result becomes a work order for the sub that quotes the inspector and names the sheet. The timeline is on the trailer wall and the foreman's tablet.
Inspections
DOB clears a failed inspection once it accepts the correction: at a re-inspection, or through the licensee's online certification where DOB marks the objection certifiable. Until then the drywall crew waits, and so does every trade behind it. Follow floor 6 through a sample job:
Read October 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM, the morning after the inspector posted it. Matched to the job, the sub and the sheet in your schedule without retyping.
Diagnosis: drywall for the floor 6 corridor cannot start until the rough-in passes. The fix is fourteen cable straps, an afternoon's work. Time is lost between the failed result and the re-inspection request, and again in an electrical inspection queue that DOB itself projects in weeks. Floor 7 keeps its own pace.
Opened straight from the DOB result. The markup and the inspector's words go to the sub's tablet together. The crew fixes what was cited.
If the owner disputes the work or an audit comes later, the proof is already on file.
The re-inspection went in the day after we read the result. The corridor waited only on DOB's calendar. Floor 7 kept its own pace.
When nobody reads the result, the drywall goes up over the unstrapped cable, and the wall has to be opened again at the permit holder's expense before DOB passes the work. A missing sign-off turns up at closeout and holds up the certificate of occupancy. Both are public and dated. We read them the morning after they post.
Sample jobs
Four fictional jobs, read October 16, 2026. Penalties owed come first. Dated, open and watched items follow. Each line that needs someone names the problem on site and the step that clears it.
BIN 0000001 · job J-000000101 · new building · 10 stories · floor 6 of 10 in work
The record. Partial stop work order · issued Oct 10 · scope: cellar only · condition: no guardrail at the cellar stair opening · in force until DOB rescinds it · re-inspection: not yet requested · switchgear delivery booked Oct 21.
What it means. Nothing but the guardrail work goes on in the cellar until DOB comes back and lifts the order, so the switchgear for the cellar electrical room cannot go in; the hoist and the floors above keep going.
What we'd automate. The order placed on the cellar in your schedule the morning it posted, a work order to the carpenter for the rails, and the re-inspection request drafted with the photos for the unit that issued the order.
The record. Crane notice CN-000001 · tower crane · renewal due Oct 30 · roof pour scheduled Nov 25 · project liability policy for the tower crane on file.
What it means. If the crane notice lapses, the crane stops with the roof still to pour.
What we'd automate. A reminder to the crane's engineer and your filer 30 days before each renewal, the project policy checked first, and the crane notice's dates drawn on the schedule so a gap shows before it happens.
The record. Electrical rough-in, floor 6 · permit EW-000001 · failed Oct 15, item 2: cable not secured within 12 inches of the box, corridor 6 north · items 1 and 3 passed · re-inspection: not requested.
What it means. The floor 6 corridor cannot be closed in until this passes; covering wiring DOB has not passed means opening the wall again.
What we'd automate. The work order with the fourteen boxes circled on E-601, a photo checklist on the sub's tablet, and the re-inspection request ready for the sub the evening the photos are in.
The record. DOB violation 000000101 · issued Oct 2 · sidewalk shed lighting out, north frontage · status: open · certificate of correction: none on file.
What it means. A dark shed is a hazard to everyone walking under it, and the violation stays on the building's record until DOB accepts proof that the lights work.
What we'd automate. A work order to the electrician with the shed drawing the morning it posted, the shed lights on the nightly lockup checklist, and the certificate drafted with the photos for your filer.
The record. DOB violation 000000108 · issued Oct 9 · debris netting torn, floor 8, east face · status: open · certificate of correction: none on file.
What it means. The violation stays on the building's record until DOB accepts proof that the netting was fixed.
What we'd automate. A work order to your site safety manager with the latest drone photo of the east face, and the certificate drafted as soon as the replacement photo is in.
The record. Plumbing, floor 3 · rough-in passed May 21 · fixtures set Sep 17, per the daily report · final inspection: not requested · sign-off: none.
What it means. Floor 3's plumbing is finished on site but not in the city's record, and the temporary certificate of occupancy waits on the record.
What we'd automate. The missing sign-off flagged the day the daily report showed the fixtures in, the final requested by your plumber's licensee from their own account, and the sign-off watched until DOB issues it.
The record. General contractor, as DOB shows it · general liability current to Mar 25 · workers' compensation and disability current to Jan 16 · the job's tower-crane liability policy, $80 million, current to Apr 30.
What it means. A work permit runs no longer than its holder's own policies and license, and never past a year, so the workers' compensation date caps every permit the general contractor holds; each sub's permits ride on its own policies.
What we'd automate. A reminder to your broker 45 days before the first policy ends, and the renewed certificates sent to DOB's Licensing Unit at least five days before it does, so DOB extends the permits on its own.
The record. SBS M/WBE certification · active, five-year term · categories: general construction, interior renovation · yearly affirmation of no change due Apr 16 · recertification due in 18 months.
What it means. Your listing in SBS's Online Directory of Certified Businesses is what a prime sees when it needs a certified sub to meet a goal, and keeping the certification takes a yearly affirmation that nothing material has changed.
What we'd automate. The affirmation and the recertification on the office calendar with their document lists, and each new solicitation with a goal in your categories matched to your trade.
The record. Solicitation: interior renovation · EPIN 00000000001 (specimen) · bids due Nov 3, 2 PM, through PASSPort · M/WBE participation goal 30% · insurance, three references, the SBS certificate and the NYS Department of Labor contractor registration certificate required.
What it means. A city job in your trade and at your scale, due in under three weeks, where your certificate counts toward the goal.
What we'd automate. The notice matched to your trade the morning it posted, the bid documents filed to a folder, and each requirement checked against what is already on file.
The record. Façade inspections: buildings over six stories, first filing years after occupancy · Local Law 97: buildings over 25,000 sq ft, first report after occupancy.
What it means. Neither is the contractor's filing on this job; both belong to the owner once the building is occupied.
What we'd automate. Nothing on this job. Both dates go in the owner's handover file with the as-built drawings.
BIN 0000002 · job J-000000202 · alteration · two stories to three · floor 3 framed
The record. Work permit GC-000002 · expires Oct 31, one year after it was issued · general liability current to Mar 25 · workers' compensation and disability current to Jan 16.
What it means. A permit lasts a year at most, and this job will run past it; the insurance behind it runs past the date, so the renewal is a filing, not a call to the broker.
What we'd automate. A renewal reminder to your filer 30 days out, with the insurance checked against DOB's record first.
The record. ECB violation 000000202L · class 2, eligible for cure · issued Oct 3 on a complaint inspection · work permit not posted at the site entrance · hearing Oct 26, 9:30 AM, online or by phone.
What it means. A ten-minute fix with a deadline: the proof has to be accepted before the hearing date, and within 60 days of the summons.
What we'd automate. The summons on the office calendar the day it posted, a photo request to the foreman's phone, and the certificate of correction drafted for your filer with the photo attached.
The record. Progress inspection (TR8): energy code, insulation · floor 3 · required on the job's approved TR8 · not yet performed, per your inspector · drywall scheduled Oct 22.
What it means. Once the drywall is up, proving the insulation is there means opening the wall.
What we'd automate. The inspection tied to the drywall date in your schedule, so the drywall cannot be booked until the inspector's report and photos are attached.
The record. Plumbing work permit PL-000002 · gas piping, floor 2 · rough-in complete per the daily report Oct 8 · gas test inspection: not requested · gas authorization: none.
What it means. No gas authorization, no gas, and the new range and dryer on floor 2 sit unused until it comes.
What we'd automate. The test request prompted the day the daily report marks the rough-in complete, a text to the plumber, and the gas authorization watched until DOB approves it.
The record. After-hours variance AHV-000002 · Oct 22, 6:00 to 7:00 AM · scope: material delivery and hoisting · posted at the site entrance.
What it means. Work before 7 AM or after 6 PM on a weekday, or on a weekend, is allowed only with a variance on file and posted.
What we'd automate. Your schedule refuses an early, late or weekend shift without a variance on file, and asks your filer for one a week ahead.
The record. Electrical rough-in, floor 1: passed Oct 8 · plumbing rough-in, floor 1: passed Oct 9 · finals: due after fixtures and devices.
What it means. Nothing to do on floor 1 until the finals, and the record shows why the walls could close.
What we'd automate. The finals queued behind the fixture delivery in your schedule, so they are requested the week the fixtures go in rather than at the end of the job.
BIN 0000003 · job J-000000303 · interior fit-out, medical office · floors 2 to 4 of 6 · floor 4 in finishes
The record. Sprinkler work permit SP-000003 · floor 4 · hydrostatic test passed Oct 10 · final inspection: not requested · tenant turnover planned Nov 13.
What it means. The work is done and only the request is missing, but the lease's turnover conditions and the job's letter of completion both wait on the final and the sign-off after it.
What we'd automate. The final prompted when the ceiling grid is marked complete on the tablet, a reminder to the sprinkler contractor, and the sign-off watched until DOB issues it.
The record. Electrical final, floor 3: passed Oct 2 · plumbing final: passed Oct 8 · sprinkler final: passed Oct 8 · progress inspections for floor 3: complete.
What it means. Floor 3 is finished on site and has passed DOB's inspections; the sign-offs are per permit, so they follow when the last floor passes.
What we'd automate. Each final watched until DOB posts it, the sign-off requests queued for each trade once its last floor passes, and the letter of completion requested when every sign-off is in.
The record. Progress inspection (TR1): fire-resistance-rated construction, corridor 2 · passed Oct 9 · electrical rough-in starts Oct 19.
What it means. Floor 2 is keeping the pace floor 3 set.
What we'd automate. The rough-in inspection request prompted from your schedule when the electrician marks the floor ready on the tablet, and sent from the electrician's own account.
The record. GC-000003, EW-000003, PL-000003, SP-000003: all current · earliest expiry Jan 14 · every holder's policies current past that date.
What it means. No renewal falls due before the job is planned to finish.
What we'd automate. Every permit and policy date in one list, with a reminder 30 days before the earliest.
The record. Solicitation: interior renovation, clinic space · EPIN 00000000003 (specimen) · bids due Oct 27, 11 AM, through PASSPort · three references on similar work, insurance, the SBS certificate and the NYS Department of Labor contractor registration certificate required.
What it means. The work you are doing on this job is the reference the next one asks for.
What we'd automate. The notice matched to your trade the morning it posted, and the reference package built from finished jobs' sign-offs, photos and dates.
The record. Job type: alteration, no change in use or occupancy · closes with a letter of completion · building: 6 stories; façade inspections apply above six · emissions reporting: the owner's.
What it means. Nothing here for the contractor to file.
What we'd automate. Nothing on this job; the dates go in the owner's handover file.
BIN 0000004 · job J-000000404 · roof replacement and façade repair · 9 stories · roof stopped
The record. ECB violation 000000404M · class 1, immediately hazardous · issued Aug 29 · materials not secured on a supported scaffold, floor 9, north elevation · hearing Oct 1: violation sustained · penalty $5,000, billed Oct 8.
What it means. The hearing is over; what is left is paying the penalty and proving the condition is gone.
What we'd automate. The decision read the day it posted, the bill routed to whoever the contract says pays it, and the certificate of correction drafted with the scaffold photos.
The record. ECB violation 000000404N · issued Aug 13, 6:10 AM · work outside permitted hours without an after-hours variance · hearing Sep 24: default · penalty $4,000, billed Oct 1 · notice mailed to the firm's former address.
What it means. The city decided it without you because the notice went to an address nobody reads.
What we'd automate. Your firm's addresses checked against DOB, OATH and DOS records every morning, and a schedule that refuses a shift outside 7 AM to 6 PM without a variance on file.
The record. Partial stop work order · issued Oct 10 · scope: roof · condition: torch-applied roofing with no fire guard and no extinguisher at the work area · re-inspection: not yet requested · roofing crew booked elsewhere from Oct 23.
What it means. Every day stopped is a day the open deck sits under tarps, and a week from now the roofer's crew is gone.
What we'd automate. The order placed on the roof in your schedule the morning it posted, the torch operator's certificate and the fire guard checked on the daily log before torch work can be booked, and the re-inspection request drafted with the photos.
The record. Sidewalk shed permit SH-000004 · 90-day permit, expires Oct 22 · 140 feet along the north frontage · renewal: not filed · the engineer's progress answers: not yet given.
What it means. Six days to renew a structure that cannot come down until the lintels are fixed.
What we'd automate. A reminder to your filer and the façade engineer three weeks before each 90-day renewal, and the shed's permit dates tied to the façade repair in your schedule.
The record. Façade report (FISP) · status: unsafe · condition: corroded steel lintels, floor 6, north elevation, bays 3 to 6 · repair scope: this job · amended report: waiting on the repair.
What it means. The owner pays for the shed every month the lintels stay as they are, so this is the line the owner asks about.
What we'd automate. A work order for the masonry crew with the inspector's photo of each bay, and the crew's photos, dates and finished bays packaged for the owner's façade inspector.
The record. Firm: general liability current to Mar 25 · workers' compensation and disability current to Jan 16 · shed installer: general liability, $1 million, current to Feb 13.
What it means. The shed renewal will not stall on insurance; it needs the engineer's progress answers.
What we'd automate. A reminder to your broker 45 days before the first policy ends, and the new certificates checked against DOB's record once they post.
Made-up jobs and values. Pick a job, filter by a count or a floor, open any line. Dates move with today's date.
Public work
Before they award anything, the city, the authorities and the primes look for a clean violation history, current insurance on file, an M/WBE certificate that has not lapsed and a dated progress record on every past job.
City bids
DDC, Parks and DEP take bids through PASSPort. NYCHA uses its own iSupplier portal. The School Construction Authority takes bids only from firms it has prequalified. All of them advertise in the City Record. Two mentor programs help firms grow into this work: the SCA's, for prequalified MBE, WBE and LBE firms, and the City's Centralized Construction Mentor Program for small construction firms. We read the notices daily and match each one to your trade and job size.
M/WBE
City contracts carry participation goals. Primes search the SBS directory for certified subs in the categories they need to fill. We watch your SBS certification: the yearly affirmation, the recertification date and the categories it covers. We also watch bids that set goals in your categories, and the State certification where a job calls for it.
Energy programs
Con Edison's efficiency and electrification incentives, NYSERDA's programs for new and existing buildings and NYS Clean Heat pay toward the equipment on the drawings. NYC Accelerator gives free technical guidance. Each application needs the building's record, the equipment schedule and a contractor who knows the paperwork. We check the incentive against the building before your bid goes in.
Sources
We read DOB, OATH, SBS, the City Record and State filings for every job you send us. We add your drawings, schedule, daily reports and drone flights. Each line shows when it was last updated or read. Some sources post daily; some lag by weeks.
Try one job
Or email [email protected]