Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters Detects 40 Cases of Violations in Separate Fire Construction Contracting

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters has uncovered a large number of building owners who failed to separate fire facility construction from other construction works as required.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters' Special Judicial Police announced on the 8th that from July to October, they conducted a planned investigation into illegal acts of non-separation of fire facility construction orders at 547 construction sites in Gyeonggi-do with a total floor area of 2,000㎡ or more, and identified 40 violations.

Among the major cases uncovered, Building Owner A was found to have entrusted the construction of a commercial building to General Construction Company B, which does not hold a fire facility construction license, violating the separation of fire facility orders and subcontract contracts. The Fire Facility Construction Act, enacted in September last year, requires fire facility construction to be carried out separately from other construction works such as building construction. Company B was also caught for unregistered business operations.

Under current law, violations of subcontract contracts are punishable by imprisonment of up to one year or a fine of up to 10 million KRW, while violations of separation of orders are subject to fines of up to 3 million KRW. Unregistered business operations are punishable by imprisonment of up to three years or fines of up to 30 million KRW.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters' Special Judicial Police filed charges for 26 cases including violations of subcontract contracts and separation of orders, and imposed fines for 35 cases including false construction commencement reports during this crackdown.

A representative of the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters' Special Judicial Police stated, "Building owners usually think there is no legal problem if they entrust the entire building construction to a general construction company, but if a subcontract contract is made with a general construction company without a fire facility construction license including fire facility construction, it becomes illegal. Since the separation order system was introduced to ensure high-quality fire facility construction, violations will be strictly punished."

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