Incheon City to Inspect Safety at 91 Apartment Construction Sites

Incheon City announced on the 4th that it will conduct safety inspections at 91 apartment and other multi-family housing construction sites for one month starting from the 15th.

The city is launching a comprehensive inspection of safety management at construction sites following the collapse accident in the underground parking lot at an apartment construction site in Geomdan New Town.

To ensure prompt and effective inspections, the city plans to organize a total of 11 inspection teams composed of relevant public officials and technical experts in various fields (construction, structure, quality, safety).

Each inspection team will consist of one public official and four technical experts, totaling five members, and will thoroughly inspect one site per day. The main inspection items will utilize the "Relevant Standards and Checkpoints for Major Construction Site Inspection Items" prepared by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

An Incheon city official stated, "Through safety inspections, we aim to prevent construction site accidents in advance and alleviate citizens' concerns," adding, "Violations of related laws will be dealt with under a zero-tolerance policy."

A Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport accident investigator is inspecting the site at a new apartment construction site in Geomdan New Town, Seo-gu, Incheon, where an underground parking lot collapse accident occurred. 2023.5.2
[Photo by Yonhap News]

Earlier, on the 29th of last month, the upper structures of the roofs on the first and second basement floors collapsed in the underground parking lot at an apartment construction site in Geomdan New Town, Seo-gu, Incheon.

Although there were no casualties in this accident, a total of 970㎡ of roof structures on two basement parking floors were damaged. The apartment complex consists of 964 households and is scheduled for completion in October this year.

The construction company confirmed that embankment work involving pouring soil above the underground parking lot was carried out on the morning of the accident day and is currently investigating the cause of the accident.

Additionally, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Incheon City have issued a work suspension order to the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and decided to conduct safety inspections on the accident site and the entire structure of the apartment complex.

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