Korea Infrastructure Safety Corporation and Korea Land & Housing Corporation Newly Designated as 'Building Management Support Center'

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 24th that it has designated the Korea Facilities Safety Corporation and the Korea Land and Housing Corporation as the 'Building Management Support Center' to efficiently promote research, development, and dissemination of policies and technologies for building management.

Going forward, the Korea Facilities Safety Corporation will utilize its own building inspection and diagnosis technologies, expertise in operating training institutes, and specialized personnel such as structural engineers, architects, and energy assessors to evaluate inspection results aimed at preventing poor inspections, and operate a call center to support local government officials and others.

It also plans to conduct training for building management inspectors and review dismantling plans to prevent safety accidents during building demolition and dismantling works.

The Korea Land and Housing Corporation will provide comprehensive support through specialized personnel such as fire protection engineers and structural engineers, including application for fire safety performance reinforcement projects, on-site investigations, selection of reinforcement methods, estimation of expected costs, professional consulting, and establishment of performance reinforcement plans.

In particular, to verify the adequacy of performance reinforcement results, monitoring will be conducted on construction sites or completed buildings.

Meanwhile, starting from May 1, under the 'Building Management Act,' collective buildings with a total floor area of 3,000㎡ or more will be comprehensively inspected for structural safety and energy performance every three years (initial inspection within five years after completion) by architects and technical experts in the architectural field who have received specialized training in building management inspections.

Accordingly, specialized training for architects and construction safety-related experts wishing to participate in building management inspections has been opened since the 17th. The required training hours are 35 hours for regular inspection managers and 70 hours for safety diagnosis inspectors.

Currently, building management inspector training is available at the Korea Institute of Registered Architects' Architect Training Center, and the training institutions will be expanded to include the Korea Facilities Safety Corporation's Talent Training Center in the future.

Kim Sang-moon, Director of Building Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, explained, "We will do our best through the Building Management Support Center to ensure that the general public and local governments do not face difficulties due to the implementation of the new system."

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