Ministry of Land Dispatches Experts to Gwangju Collapse Site... "Urgent Follow-up Measures"

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has dispatched experts and launched an investigation into the cause of the exterior wall collapse accident that occurred at the apartment construction site in Seo-gu, Gwangju, managed by HDC Hyundai Development Company.

On the 11th at around 4 p.m., the Ministry announced that the Head of the Technical Policy Division of the Ministry, officials from the Iksan Regional Land Management Office, and experts from the Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation were sent to the site of the exterior wall collapse accident at the apartment construction site in Seo-gu, Gwangju, to manage the scene and investigate the circumstances and causes of the accident.

The Ministry plans to soon form and operate a Central Construction Accident Investigation Committee composed of related experts to clearly identify the cause of the accident.

Since the collapse of a major structural part of a building qualifies as a serious construction accident, the formation of such a committee is possible.

Meanwhile, on the afternoon of the same day, at the HDC Hyundai Development Company apartment construction site, the collapse of the gang formwork caused the exterior walls of five floors to collapse.

According to the Ministry, as of 5:30 p.m., one worker was found to have sustained bruises from the accident. There is a possibility that additional damage may be revealed through further investigation.

As the exterior wall collapsed, many vehicles parked under the building were also reported to have been damaged.

The construction project is a building with four basement floors and 39 above-ground floors, with a construction cost of 123.7 billion KRW. Construction began in June 2019 and was scheduled to be completed in November of this year.

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