Seoul Facilities Corporation and Korea Specialty Construction Association Sign Agreement on Accident Prevention and Disaster Response Cooperation

Ahead of Enforcement of Serious Accident Punishment Act, Full-Scale Establishment of Cooperation System for Accident Prevention and Disaster Response
On the 15th, a Business Agreement Ceremony for Mutual Cooperation Held... Chairman Joseong Il and Seoul Chapter President of Korea Specialty Construction Association Attend

Seoul Facilities Corporation Director Cho Sung-il (left) and Seoul Chapter President of the Korea Specialty Construction Association Noh Seok-sun are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement for mutual cooperation to enhance facility safety on the 15th in the 16th-floor conference room of Seoul Facilities Corporation in Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul Facilities Corporation announced on the 16th that it signed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Chapter of the Korea Specialty Contractors Association on the 15th to strengthen the safety of facility users and workers. Seoul Facilities Corporation is responsible for operating 24 Seoul city projects, including the maintenance and small-scale construction supervision of Seoul's automobile-only roads such as Olympic-daero and Gangbyeonbuk-ro, as well as facilities like Seoul World Cup Stadium and Gocheok Sky Dome.

This agreement aims to enhance systematic safety activities in response to recent industrial accidents and the enforcement of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. It is expected to strengthen cooperation in overall safety activities, from prevention to accident recovery and improvement of construction quality, and will also help ensure the safety of citizens using the corporation's managed facilities throughout Seoul, including automobile-only roads and cultural and sports facilities.

Through this agreement, both organizations plan to work together to establish a cooperative system for preventing safety accidents, provide emergency recovery and equipment support in case of disasters at corporation-managed facilities, jointly promote the efficient implementation of construction-related regulations, and reduce defects and improve quality in construction projects.

Meanwhile, ahead of the enforcement of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, Seoul Facilities Corporation is proactively identifying safety and hazard factors that may occur at workplaces to realize the highest value of "securing the safety of citizens and workers."

Currently, about 480 risk factors have been analyzed, and efforts are being made to prevent accidents based on this analysis. Seoul Facilities Corporation plans to divide preventive measures into short-term and mid-to-long-term plans, completing short-term measures within this year, and classifying items requiring budget or time for improvement as mid-to-long-term measures to be resolved gradually over the years.

Director Cho Sung-il said, “With the addition of the association’s expertise to the corporation’s internal safety efforts, we expect related capabilities to be further enhanced,” and added, “Safety can never be emphasized enough, so we will do our best to protect citizens and employees.”

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