Gyeonggi-do Public Construction Support Center, Business Plan Preliminary Reviews Triple in One Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] It has been revealed that the number of preliminary reviews of project plans conducted by the 'Public Construction Support Center,' established by Gyeonggi Province to improve the quality of public construction projects and reduce budgets, increased more than threefold from 39 cases in its first year of establishment in 2020 to 122 cases in 2021.

The Gyeonggi Public Construction Support Center is a place where related experts conduct preliminary reviews and provide overall management and support for construction projects with a construction cost of 100 million KRW or more, ordered by Gyeonggi Province, cities and counties, and affiliated public institutions. The reviews cover project plans, suitability of the target site, connectivity with the surroundings, and foreseeable issues.

Established under the Gyeonggi Public Construction Service Support Ordinance enacted and enforced in June 2019, the center is entrusted and operated by Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Corporation (GH). The center operates with an advisory committee composed of about 70 experts in various fields.

The province noted that before the establishment of the center, there was no way for practitioners to conduct preliminary reviews of civil engineering, architecture, landscaping, and other projects from the planning stage, which sometimes led to late revisions of the basic project plan direction or unnecessary budget waste when issues such as legal regulatory conflicts were discovered during later review processes. Accordingly, the related ordinance was prepared.

Since the center's establishment, when a preliminary review request for public construction is made, the center provides advice on design conditions and appropriate construction cost calculations for about 30 days (excluding statutory holidays) before ordering, thereby preventing problems.

According to a survey conducted from the 6th to the 10th of last month targeting 33 practitioners who applied for preliminary project plan reviews (multiple responses allowed), respondents reported receiving help such as ▲ suggestions on construction project promotion direction (24.7%) ▲ proposals on basic directions for plan establishment (23.3%) ▲ confirmation of legal regulations (15.1%) ▲ rational budget review (12.3%).

Hong Ji-seon, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Urban Housing Office, emphasized, "The Gyeonggi Public Construction Support Center has been recognized for its effectiveness in preliminary project plan reviews as it surpasses two years since its establishment and is performing well as the control tower for public construction in the province. We will continue to strive to secure construction quality and reduce budgets for all public construction projects in the province."

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