Brooklyn's OATH tribunal has a full docket Wednesday morning, and the paperwork traces back to a familiar handful of problems: work that didn't match the approved plans, elevators that didn't get maintained, and jobsites that didn't get cleaned up.

Three cases in the batch turn on the same charge — work does not conform to approved construction documents, per DOB records. At 1475 St Marks Avenue in Brooklyn, City Builders Inc was cited after a DOB inspector reviewing approved foundation earthwork drawings for a proposed four-story new building found the excavation didn't match the plans — specifically, no optical survey monitoring system was in place as required. At 643 Grand Street, Rogers Developers Grp LLC was cited over a sidewalk shed installed contrary to its approved plans, missing a bay post and required spacing. At 1350 Park Place, Galaxy G C Group LLC was cited for a sidewalk shed at a four-story alteration that wasn't extended as shown on the approved plans. Each carries a $1,250 penalty and each respondent is listed as compliant, per OATH's case-status data — meaning the fine terms have been met, not that the underlying condition has necessarily been re-inspected.

A second cluster involves elevator maintenance failures at four separate addresses: 1245 Broadway, 230 73rd Street, 149 Huron Street, and 61 North Henry Street, all in Brooklyn. The violations range from worn gibs and unsecured escape hatches to an inoperative car phone and an illegal vestibule at the top landing — the kind of deferred-maintenance findings DOB's elevator unit files routinely. Penalties on these run $625 each, per OATH records.

Rounding out the docket: a Broadway building in Williamsburg (174 Broadway, respondent Builders Group USA Inc) was cited for scattered debris creating tripping hazards; a West 11th Street property in Gravesend (respondent Yi Cathyn Zhihong) was cited for six A/C split units with disconnect boxes installed without a permit; and a Bay 34 Street property in Bath Beach was hit with two separate citations the same day — one for a union fitting on gas piping prohibited under fuel gas code, one from a different address nearby for illegal off-street parking. All are scheduled for hearing September 16 at Brooklyn 3, and OATH's records show each respondent has met the compliance terms as of this filing.

None of this is unusual for a Wednesday docket — these are the routine findings that keep DOB inspectors busy on active and recently active sites. But the sidewalk-shed and foundation cases are worth a second look if you're bidding sitework or shoring nearby: an inspector who catches a shed built off-plan or an excavation missing its monitoring system is telling you the standard on that block is being enforced, not waived.