722 Construction Sites Nationwide Vulnerable to Heavy Rain to Undergo Intensive Inspections Ahead of Rainy Season

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 31st that since the 28th, it has been conducting safety inspections at construction sites nationwide to prevent accidents and poor construction quality caused by heavy rains during the rainy season.

This inspection is being carried out simultaneously at 722 construction sites including roads, railways, airports, apartments, and water resources. A total of 716 inspectors in 11 teams, including officials from regional land management offices, Korea Expressway Corporation, and private experts providing technical support, have been deployed.

The main inspection items include high-risk sites vulnerable during the rainy season such as large-scale cut slopes, excavation works, and sites near rivers, as well as risk factors like temporary facilities, tower cranes, and flood prevention measures. Additionally, the appropriateness of on-site safety management related to fire accident prevention will be thoroughly examined.

Earlier, during the three months from February to April, a thawing season construction site accident prevention inspection was conducted at 722 construction sites nationwide, resulting in the detection of 1,821 cases of poor conditions, which were ordered to be corrected.

In particular, for six violations where the client failed to legally pay part of the quality control and safety management fees to the contractor, fines were imposed on the clients. Furthermore, for 28 detected cases such as negligence in concrete crack management and construction of shrinkage joints in drainage structures differing from design documents, penalty points will be imposed.

These penalty points and fines will be finally decided by the regional land management offices after administrative procedures such as appeals.

Jung Yong-sik, Director of Technical Safety Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stated, "Through this inspection, the industry will take preemptive measures against risk factors at construction sites and manage them to prevent accidents such as drowning caused by heavy rains."

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