Establishment of Engineering Labor Cost Standards for 3D Road Design and More

Expansion of 'Pumsem' Development for Number of Workers per Unit Task

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] To increase the adoption of smart construction technology, 3D road design norms and smart construction measurement norms will be established.

Norms refer to the number of personnel input per unit task. They serve as basic data for calculating labor costs.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 30th that engineering norms for construction, environment, information and communication, and marine fields will be announced on the 4th of next month.

This is to induce an environment where fair compensation for labor in the engineering industry is provided.

First, 'BIM (Building Information Modeling)-based road' norms and 'smart construction measurement' norms were prepared.

BIM is a technology that integrates and manages the entire lifecycle information of a building through three-dimensional modeling containing information such as building materials, processes, construction costs, and prices.

Through the revision of the 'Information and Communication Construction Supervision' norms, the level of supervisors input for school buildings is being made more realistic. A new 'landscape design' norm has been established.

Additionally, norms for 'water supply facility technical diagnosis' and 'marine spatial management planning' have been enacted, and norms for 'marine survey' and 'noise and vibration' have been revised.

The norms announced this time can be checked in the 'Engineering Comprehensive Information System.'

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy will promote the expansion of norm development, automation of compensation calculation, and legal system improvements.

First, starting next year, the development of norms will be more than doubled so that by 2025, compensation for over 95% of orders can be calculated based on norms.

An automated compensation calculation service will begin in the second half of next year to enhance the convenience of norm utilization for ordering officials such as local governments. The service will be pilot-operated for some local governments in the first half of next year.

The 'Engineering Industry Promotion Act' will be amended to require ordering agencies to disclose details of order amounts calculated and derived according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's notification.

An official from the Ministry said, "We plan to continuously consult with relevant authorities to further improve the design construction cost rates in the partially improved budget formulation detailed guidelines from last May."

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