Pre-Construction Consulting
Helping project teams understand requirements, site constraints, stakeholder concerns, and coordination issues before they affect construction.
NYC Construction Compliance Consulting
Construction Compliance Guided by Real-World Project Experience
Practical construction compliance and project coordination support for complex NYC projects.
Helping NYC project teams navigate safety planning, agency coordination, permit readiness, code support, and compliance questions.
NYS Professional Engineer
15+ Years Construction Experience
10+ Years NYC Safety & Compliance Experience
Hundreds of NYC Projects
DOB / FDNY / DOT Experience
High-Rise & LL11 Experience
Project Support
Construction Compliance Beyond Documentation
Planning is only one part of successful project execution.
Construction projects involve contractors, owners, architects, consultants, agencies, inspectors, occupants, adjacent property owners, permits, logistics, protection requirements, and construction sequencing.
Kaya Compliance helps project teams understand how these moving parts interact so compliance requirements support construction operations rather than delay them.
Adjoining Property Challenges
Addressing neighboring property concerns, protection obligations, access limitations, and construction impacts affecting adjacent properties.
Permit Readiness
Aligning permits, protection obligations, agency expectations, and construction sequencing so project teams can move forward with fewer surprises.
Agency Coordination
Helping teams coordinate DOB, FDNY, DOT, agency expectations, project constraints, and field realities throughout planning and construction.
Risk Reduction
Identifying potential obstacles early to help reduce objections, violations, stop work orders, redesign efforts, and project delays.
Core Services
Core Services for Construction Compliance & Coordination
Focused support for project teams dealing with construction safety planning, compliance coordination, agency requirements, and field-related construction challenges.
Site Safety & Protection Plans
Project-specific safety and protection planning for SSPs, TPPs, OPPs, MPT Plans, Adjoining Property Protection Plans, Pre-Fire Plans, occupied buildings, public exposure, access constraints, and construction operations.
Learn More about Site Safety & Protection PlansConstruction Compliance Consulting
Independent construction compliance consulting to help owners, contractors, architects, property managers, and project teams connect permit readiness, agency requirements, occupied buildings, construction logistics, protection obligations, and project-specific decisions.
Learn More about Construction Compliance ConsultingAdjoining Property & Access Agreement Support
Technical planning and coordination support for adjoining property protection requirements, access constraints, neighboring property concerns, protection strategies, and construction activities affecting adjacent properties.
Learn More about Adjoining Property & Access Agreement SupportCompliance Audits & Inspections
Independent compliance reviews and readiness assessments to identify gaps between site conditions, approved plans, permits, documentation, public protection measures, and agency expectations before issues affect construction.
Learn More about Compliance Audits & InspectionsAlternative Compliance & Technical Determination Support
Support for alternative compliance strategies, temporary conditions, public protection alternatives, technical justification packages, CCD1 determinations, FDNY LNOs, and agency review when standard approaches do not fit project conditions.
Learn More about Alternative Compliance & Technical Determination SupportViolation Resolution & Agency Coordination
Compliance recovery support for DOB objections, violations, stop work orders, corrective action strategies, Certificates of Correction, agency reinspections, and project recovery when issues affect progress.
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More Than Documentation
Effective compliance planning should reflect how a project will actually be built.
Construction compliance decisions affect permits, protection measures, access, occupied buildings, agency review, construction sequencing, and field operations.
Effective guidance requires understanding how requirements interact with site realities, stakeholder responsibilities, agency expectations, and the way construction work is actually performed.
Kaya Compliance helps project teams connect compliance strategy with construction execution across high-rise construction, major alterations, occupied buildings, Local Law 11 projects, healthcare facilities, commercial developments, and agency-coordinated construction operations.
Hundreds of NYC Projects
Representative NYC project experience across complex construction environments.
Hospitality
Waldorf Astoria
Historic Hotel Renovation
Mixed-Use
Hudson Yards
Large Mixed-Use Development
Commercial
World Trade Center
Large-Scale Commercial Development
Commercial
Grace Building
Commercial Office Tower
Hospitality
Waldorf Astoria
Historic Hotel Renovation
Commercial
One Times Square
Commercial High-Rise
High-Rise
One Vanderbilt
Major Commercial Tower
Mixed-Use
520 Fifth Avenue
Ground-Up High-Rise Construction
Residential
200 Amsterdam Avenue
High-Rise Residential Development
Mixed-Use
Hudson Yards
Large Mixed-Use Development
Residential
432 Park Avenue
Luxury Residential High-Rise
Commercial
World Trade Center
Large-Scale Commercial Development
Landmark
Trinity Church
Historic Landmark Project
Commercial
9 West 57th Street
Commercial Office Tower
Commercial
Grace Building
Commercial Office Tower
Residential
685 First Avenue
Major Residential Development
Mixed-Use
441 Ninth Avenue
Mixed-Use Development
Commercial
729 Seventh Avenue
Commercial Development
Residential
100 Vandam Street
Residential Development
Experience includes projects involving:
Commercial TowersHealthcare FacilitiesHospitality PropertiesEducational FacilitiesHistoric BuildingsMixed-Use DevelopmentsLocal Law 11 ProjectsOccupied BuildingsAgency-Coordinated Construction
Meet the Founder
Fehmi Kaya
Founder & Principal
Real Project Experience
Fehmi Kaya brings practical NYC construction experience to compliance consulting, helping project teams connect agency requirements with real project execution in the field.
Meet the FounderReal Project Experience
Practical compliance guidance grounded in how projects are built.
Kaya Compliance was founded on the belief that effective compliance planning requires an understanding of how projects are actually built, coordinated, and executed.
Kaya Compliance was created to connect compliance requirements with real construction operations. The firm brings experience coordinating safety planning, protection requirements, agency reviews, occupied building conditions, adjoining property concerns, violations, audits, and complex construction logistics across NYC projects.
The value is a practical construction compliance perspective: understanding how decisions made by owners, contractors, architects, consultants, agencies, inspectors, and property managers affect project execution in the field.
New York State Professional Engineer
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
15+ Years Construction Experience
10+ Years NYC Construction Safety & Compliance Experience
Former Technical Director
Class 2 Filing Representative
Experience supporting hundreds of NYC construction projects
Project Challenge Navigation
How We Navigate Complex Construction Challenges
Complex construction projects rarely face a single isolated compliance issue. Permitting, protection obligations, agency requirements, occupied buildings, adjoining properties, construction sequencing, and field operations often affect one another.
Kaya Compliance helps project teams understand those relationships early so potential issues can be addressed before they become objections, violations, stop work orders, redesign efforts, or avoidable delays.
Understand The Project
Review project objectives, construction activities, site conditions, stakeholder concerns, and compliance requirements.
Identify Compliance Challenges
Evaluate permitting requirements, agency involvement, protection obligations, occupied building concerns, construction sequencing impacts, and project-specific constraints.
Develop Practical Solutions
Identify realistic compliance strategies that support project goals while addressing safety, regulatory, and operational requirements.
Coordinate Stakeholders
Help align owners, contractors, architects, consultants, property managers, and agency requirements around a practical path forward.
Keep Projects Moving
Support informed decision-making, reduce unnecessary delays, improve coordination, and help projects move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Start the Conversation
Helping NYC Projects Stay Coordinated, Compliant, and Moving Forward
Kaya Compliance provides construction compliance consulting, project coordination support, compliance planning, agency coordination, and practical solutions for complex construction challenges.