Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Expands Investigation into Geomdan Apartment Collapse... "Transparent Disclosure of Results"

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 9th that it will expand the investigation personnel related to the collapse accident of the underground parking lot at the Andante Apartment construction site in Geomdan New Town, Seo-gu, Incheon, which occurred on the 29th of last month.

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong is conducting a Q&A session with reporters after inspecting the site of the collapse accident at the public sale apartment construction in Block AA13-2, Geomdan New Town, Seo-gu, Incheon, on the afternoon of the 2nd. / Photo by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Currently, a detailed investigation is being conducted under the supervision of the Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation, but this is intended to thoroughly identify the cause and prepare measures to prevent similar accidents.

Accordingly, a Construction Accident Investigation Committee will be formed with Professor Hong Geon-ho of Hoseo University as the chairman. The committee will consist of a total of 12 members, including Chairman Hong, with experts from related fields such as architectural construction (5 members), architectural structure (5 members), and law (1 member).

The committee will take over the already investigated content and plans to complete the investigation by July 1 as originally scheduled. To ensure an objective and transparent investigation, it will operate independently. After analyzing the cause of the accident, measures to prevent recurrence will be prepared.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to transparently disclose the process and results once the investigation is completed.

Meanwhile, GS Construction stated on the same day, "In the process of conducting an internal investigation separate from the official investigation related to the accident, we discovered points presumed to have been constructed differently from the design," and added, "Through the certified institution, the Korea Association of Structural Engineers, we will conduct detailed safety inspections on 83 apartment sites nationwide where construction is currently underway."

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