COPPER BEECH PROJECT PRESENTS:
Construction Impact
Protection™
Owner support when construction performed next door.
✔️ We review your specific property
✔️ You receive an Access Assessment
✔️ We track issues
Construction Impact
Protection™
Owner support when construction performed next door.
✔️ We review your specific property
✔️ You receive an Access Assessment
✔️ We track issues
We Support Your Interests
Every Step of the Way With the Following Services
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Construction Impact Checkup™
You receive: We review your specific property and information publicly available.
We prepare a project Impact Brief, key risk issues, documents to request, and next steps before you respond. Review of public documents related to planning and construction.
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Access Assessment™
You receive: a redline and strategy to support your attorney’s negotiation.
Access agreement support for owners, boards, and counsel. We review the practical impact of the requested access and help frame the owner’s position.
We focus on: protection requirements, insurance, monitoring, security deposits, duration, logistics, documentation, and restoration obligations.
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Construction Safety Audit™
You receive: an Owner Protection Dashboard, on call response, routine executive briefings, issue tracking, and coordination with attorneys, engineers, insurance professionals, and the developer team
We track issues: Guide owner-side team, and keep decision makers informed.
Don’t sign an access agreement without the knowledge you need to protect your building and interests.
Working directly with your attorneys and engineers to identify risks and ensure critical issues are addressed before they become costly problems.
Complete six questions.
We review your concerns and neighbor’s construction.
We contact you.
We have a meeting to share our findings and recommend next steps.
Why Copper Beech Project
Led by Robert LiMandri, former New York City Buildings Commissioner, Copper Beech Project brings more than 30 years of experience in building regulation, construction, development, and property risk management.
Who We Help
Condo and Co-op Boards
Navigate access requests, protection plans, monitoring, and restoration concerns.
Multifamily Owners
Support rental and mixed-use properties facing adjacent excavation or development.
Brownstone Owners
Protect townhomes and older buildings during foundation, party wall, and excavation work.
Commercial Property Owners
Manage access, business disruption, safety, and property-risk questions.
Common Issues We Help Resolve
Whether you have a team or need one our professionals assist in resolving issues with:
✔️ Access agreements
✔️ RPAPL 881 proceedings
✔️ Excavation and foundation work
✔️ Support of excavation
✔️ Vibration concerns
✔️ Cracks and settlement
✔️ Water infiltration
✔️ Construction monitoring
✔️ Site safety
✔️ Restoration disputes
Protect Your Property
Before Construction Begins.
The sooner you understand the project, the more options you have to protect your building and the people inside it.
The rules have changed. Owners need to be prepared.
Recent changes to State Law (RPAPL 881) have strengthened a developer’s ability to obtain access to neighboring properties when that access is necessary for construction.
The "Refusal" Loophole
The underlying subtext of the access negotiations involves delay tactics. Before the law's recent overhaul, developers suffered costly project delays if adjoining owners simply ignored requests. The amendment clarifies this subtext by legally treating a neighbor's silence or failure to respond within 60 days as a formal "refusal," allowing the developer to bypass stalled negotiations and petition the court.
Many owners assume they can simply refuse access.
In reality, the more important questions are:
What protections will be installed?
Who pays for monitoring?
What happens if damage occurs?
How will the property be restored?
Who is looking out for the owner’s interests throughout the process?
You need an expert on your side of the fence.