Gyeonggi-do Provides Consultation for Apartment Sites with Construction Delays

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province is piloting a project to dispatch advisory teams to apartment construction sites where the construction period has been delayed. This is to prevent quality and safety issues that arise from forcing substandard construction to meet deadlines.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 23rd that it will send advisory teams to five complexes by the first half of this year, selected through a demand survey among sites with a construction delay rate (actual progress compared to planned schedule) of 5% or more six months before completion. Depending on the results, the scale of the advisory teams will be expanded from the second half of the year.

The advisory process involves the Gyeonggi Province Apartment Quality Inspection Team, composed of private experts in housing construction, pre-reviewing the construction recovery plans prepared by site supervisors. Then, through on-site advisory meetings attended by executives from the project owners and construction companies, effective recovery measures are derived.

The main advisory points include ▲whether the recovery measures affect the quality and safety management of the site ▲suggestions for shortening the construction period through improvements in process order and construction methods ▲recommendations for appropriate construction period estimation and adjustment of the expected move-in date.

Gyeonggi Province notifies the results of the advisory to the mayors and county governors who have the authority to approve project plans. Based on the advisory results, the mayors and county governors will focus on managing the construction period until completion, including monthly inspections of supervisors according to the Housing Act.

Park Jong-geun, head of the Gyeonggi Province Apartment Division, said, "Due to recent international circumstances causing instability in raw material supply and a downturn in the domestic construction market, the number of sites experiencing construction delays is increasing. Both pushing for forced construction to meet completion dates and extending construction periods can cause problems. Through public-private joint advisory, we will seek ways to shorten construction periods and take the lead in quality management and safety assurance."

In 2007, Gyeonggi Province established the "Apartment Quality Inspection System," the first of its kind nationwide, to improve apartment quality and prevent disputes after move-in. This system involves private experts in architecture, landscaping, mechanical, electrical, and fire safety fields directly inspecting and checking housing construction sites on behalf of residents who may lack expertise. Over the past 16 years, the inspection team has conducted an average of more than 147 apartment quality inspections annually.

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