Police Investigate Collapse of Parking Lot at Geomdan Apartment... Search and Seizure at LH and GS Construction

The police have launched a full-scale investigation into the collapse accident at the underground parking lot of an apartment in Geomdan New Town, Incheon.

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According to the police on the 6th, the Metropolitan Investigation Unit of the Incheon Police Agency conducted search and seizure operations at a total of eight locations, including the LH headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongnam, and the construction company GS Construction. They secured construction materials related to the Geomdan AA13-2 Block apartment at the Housing Structure Estimation Team office within the LH headquarters, and also confiscated the mobile phones of five individuals, including the site manager of the construction company and the representative of the design office.

After analyzing the seized items, the police plan to investigate not only LH and GS Construction but also personnel from the architectural design office.

Earlier, in April, an accident occurred at the construction site of the Geomdan AA13-2 Block apartment, ordered by LH, where the underground parking lot collapsed. According to an investigation by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, rebar necessary to support the load of the underground parking lot was missing in 19 out of 32 columns (60%).

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