Seocho-gu Catches Two Birds with One Stone: Integrity and Safety through Clean and Safe Building Administrative Services

· Establishing a culture of integrity through transparent public facility construction systems and operation of design change advisory committees
· Enhancing integrity and eradicating construction site corruption by collecting opinions via Integrity Postcard Campaign and feedback from construction stakeholders
· Strengthening safety through focused management of defective construction sites, cumulative liability system for poor contractors, and public supervision exclusion system for negligent supervisors

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seocho-gu (District Mayor Eunhee Jo) is implementing the ‘Clean Safety Architectural Administrative Service’ to ensure safety management at construction sites and foster a culture of integrity.

The district’s ‘Clean Safety Architectural Administrative Service’ aims for transparent and safe architectural administration by blocking construction corruption and unfair practices through △Transparency in public facility construction △Integrity postcard system △Focused management of substandard construction sites.

First, to realize a clean Seocho, the district will introduce a public facility construction transparency system and an integrity postcard system.

The public facility construction transparency system will operate an advisory committee for joint preliminary completion inspections by civilians and appropriate verification of facility construction costs to cultivate a culture of integrity, with plans to expand this to private facility construction.

Additionally, the integrity postcard system guarantees anonymity for whistleblowers, allowing frequent reporting of irregularities, and sends integrity messages at each stage of permit processing to raise awareness among construction stakeholders.

Furthermore, the district operates a ‘Safety Inspection Prior Notice System’ and an ‘Outsourcing Inspection System with External Experts’ to preemptively block potential corruption factors and enhance inspection transparency.

Alongside this, to strengthen safety through focused management of substandard construction sites, the district runs the ‘Cumulative Responsibility System for Substandard Contractors’ and the ‘Public Supervision Expulsion System for Substandard Supervisors.’

By reinforcing the reporting system of supervisors to the permitting authorities, construction stakeholders negligent in safety management will no longer be able to establish themselves in Seocho-gu.

District Mayor Eunhee Jo stated, “Through the Clean Safety Architectural Administrative Service, we will do our best to create ‘a people-centered safe city Seocho, a transparent and honest city Seocho that communicates more closely with residents.’”

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