Jinju City Operates Joint Design Team for Small-Scale Resident Priority Projects in Towns and Townships

347 Cases of In-House Design Save 620 Million KRW in Design Fees, Operated in Compliance with COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines

Jinju City Hall Exterior (Photo by Jinju City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, is operating a joint design team for small-scale resident wish projects in eup, myeon, and dong areas from February 4 to February 5 this year to expedite the execution of construction projects and reduce detailed design service costs.

The joint design targets include 347 small-scale projects in eup and myeon areas such as village roads, agricultural infrastructure, rivers, disaster risk areas, sewage facilities, and resident participation budgets, with a total project cost of 9.64 billion KRW.

It is expected that the city's joint design team's in-house design will save 620 million KRW in design service costs and contribute to revitalizing the local economy through prompt ordering.

The joint design team, under the overall responsibility of the Director of the Urban Construction Bureau, consists of 16 civil engineering officials from the main office and eup/myeon offices divided into three teams. They will conduct preliminary surveys, current status measurements, design document preparation and review, and plan to start construction by February before the farming season to minimize farming inconveniences caused by construction and accelerate rapid financial execution.

The city plans to actively collect residents' opinions from the preliminary survey stage and reflect them in the design, and secure reliability and objectivity in preparing design documents by unifying the design standard unit prices.

In particular, considering the COVID-19 situation, the city will operate with a minimum number of personnel while strictly adhering to quarantine rules to ensure strengthened quarantine measures.

A city official said, "This will also help new civil engineering officials with little design experience acquire technical skills and strengthen their work capabilities."

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