Gyeonggi-do to Significantly Strengthen Inspections of 'Poor Construction' in Apartment Complexes This Year

Housing Inspection by Gyeonggi-do Multi-family Housing Quality Inspection Team

Gyeonggi Province will significantly strengthen inspections in the area of poor construction quality this year.

On the 4th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will expand inspections related to poor construction quality among the inspection items of the ‘Gyeonggi Province Apartment Quality Inspection Team,’ which provides apartment quality inspection services from the structural work stage to completion.

The Gyeonggi Province Apartment Quality Inspection Team conducts quality inspections not only on apartments with 300 or more households, which are subject to mandatory quality inspections under the Housing Act, but also on multi-family housing with 30 or more households that require approval of housing construction plans through ordinances established by Gyeonggi Province.

The number of inspections has also increased to a total of four times, including during structural work, after structural completion, and post-inspection, in addition to the one inspection before use approval as stipulated by the Housing Act.

This year, Gyeonggi Province will strengthen on-site inspections using specialized equipment and for flat slab structure applications.

Starting this year, Gyeonggi Province will conduct scientific inspections using specialized equipment, such as performing Schmidt hammer tests (strength inspection equipment) on-site during structural work to estimate concrete compressive strength.

Additionally, to inspect sites applying flat slab structures, which were controversial last year, structural experts will be added to review design drawings before on-site inspections, and during inspections, quality checks on construction aspects such as main structural reinforcement and concrete strength will be conducted.

Park Jong-geun, head of the Gyeonggi Province Apartment Division, stated, "We have established a plan to strengthen inspections focusing on areas that were problematic due to poor construction last year. We will continuously conduct thorough inspections at each stage from groundbreaking to post-completion, not just one-time checks, and strive to improve apartment quality through rational system improvements."

The Apartment Quality Inspection Team was first established nationwide by Gyeonggi Province in 2007 to eradicate poor construction in multi-family housing.

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