Gwangju City Revises 'Guidelines for Operation of Construction Project Specific Method Selection Committee'

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 6th that it has revised the ‘Gwangju Metropolitan City Construction Work Specific Method (Material) Selection Committee Operation Guidelines,’ which are operated to select patents and new technology construction methods applied during construction project design, and has implemented the changes since the 1st of this month.

The main points of this revision include ▲strengthening fairness and transparency in method selection ▲enhancing protection for local companies ▲reducing the burden on ordering departments.

First, to strengthen fairness, the pool of external evaluators was expanded from only technical experts recommended by civic groups and professors among local construction technology review committee members to include technical experts recommended by civic groups, as well as members from universities, research institutes, and public institutions within the local construction technology review committee.

Additionally, to allow more construction method companies to participate, the announcement of proposals, which had been posted only on the city’s website, will now also be posted on the Public Procurement Service’s Nara Marketplace.

Along with this, to prevent design changes during construction after a method is selected by lowest bid, a deduction criterion was added for construction method companies that increase costs by changing designs based on the construction commencement statement or fail to conclude a technology use agreement without justifiable reasons.

To revitalize the local construction industry, the regional bonus points previously given to construction method companies with business locations in Gwangju City and Jeonnam Province have been limited to those with business locations within Gwangju City only.

In particular, the number of proposed methods required to hold a selection committee meeting has been expanded from ‘3 to 5’ to ‘2 to 5,’ reducing the burden on ordering departments to select methods independently when only two methods are proposed.

The full revised text and detailed information can be found on the city’s website.

Meanwhile, since March 2017, the Gwangju City Specific Method Selection Committee has formed a candidate pool of about 230 members, including university professors from the local construction technology review committee, technical public officials of grade 5 or higher in the city, and construction technology experts recommended by civic groups.

When a selection request is received from an ordering department, a new candidate pool of more than five times the number of candidates per field, considering the characteristics of the construction method, is formed, and on the evaluation day, evaluators are finally selected through a blind draw in the presence of representatives from the proposing companies to ensure transparency.

From 2017 to last month, a total of 33 meetings were held, selecting 63 patented and new technology construction methods out of 253 proposing companies. Among these, 30 companies located in Gwangju were selected, accounting for 47% of the total.

Furthermore, by inducing fair price competition among proposing companies, a construction project budget saving effect of 41.7 billion KRW was achieved compared to general construction method designs.

Lee Hanguk, Director of the Construction Administration Division of the city, said, “Patents and new technologies require a screening system with fairness and expertise,” and added, “We expect this guideline revision to strengthen transparency in method selection and help revitalize the local construction industry.”

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