Construction Safety Management, All You Need Is One Manual for Dongdaemun-gu!

Dongdaemun-gu 'Construction Safety Management Manual' Created: Compiling Know-How from Operating the Construction Safety Center... Includes Safety Inspection Checkpoints from Review to Maintenance Stages and Accident Prevention Measures Through Case Studies

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor You Deok-yeol) has recently completed the production of the ‘Dongdaemun-gu Building Safety Management Manual’ for public officials and construction-related personnel in the field of architecture and is about to distribute it.

The Dongdaemun-gu Building Safety Management Manual contains over 100 pages of various contents, including ▲administrative and legal standard checklists ▲key inspection points during on-site checks ▲safety accident prevention measures through accident case studies, covering vulnerable areas in safety management from the building review stage to building use approval and maintenance stages.

The district will distribute the manual to Seoul City, autonomous districts, the Architects Association, and staff.

The background for producing this manual lies in the Dongdaemun-gu Building Safety Center, established in January last year.

The Dongdaemun-gu Building Safety Center operates to prevent various disaster accidents such as building and construction site collapses and to respond and take action promptly according to different situations. The center includes the head of the Architecture Department at Dongdaemun-gu Office, the Safety Team leader, two specialists (an architect and a structural expert), and two general public officials who manage safety and provide technical support for construction sites (demolition, new construction) and private buildings, as well as strengthen construction supervision activities.

Based on the center’s operational experience, the district planned the manual to systematically establish complex safety management tasks, transform the safety awareness of construction-related personnel, and eliminate safety blind spots.

A district official stated, “The Building Safety Management Manual will not only help some construction-related personnel who lack safety technical information and rely solely on experience to better understand safety management, but it is also expected to strengthen pre-inspections of risk factors at construction sites and buildings and enable prompt response measures according to situations.”

You Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, emphasized the need to strengthen safety management at construction sites following the collapse accident at a demolition site in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, which occurred in July last year.

Accordingly, the district supplemented existing problems in safety management of demolition sites and established improvement measures for safety management at building (demolition) construction sites (▲demolition supervisors residing on-site and directing safety management during the demolition period ▲mandatory safety education for construction-related personnel before commencement (demolition) ▲focused inspections tailored to private construction sites under 10,000㎡), thereby building a solid safety management system.

Mayor You Deok-yeol of Dongdaemun-gu stated, “I hope the Building Safety Management Manual will be of great help not only to our district but also in systematizing safety management at all construction sites across Korea,” and added, “We will continue to operate the Dongdaemun-gu Building Safety Center smoothly to create a city free of safety accidents.”

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