'Six-Month Business Suspension for Inspection Company in Charge of Incheon Geomdan Apartment Parking Lot Collapse'

Gyeonggi Province has imposed a six-month business suspension administrative penalty on the construction project management consortium, including Mokyang Architects Office Co., Ltd., Jamyeong ENG Co., Ltd., and Gwangjang Architects Office Co., Ltd., for violating the Construction Technology Promotion Act in connection with the collapse accident of the underground parking lot at an apartment complex in Geomdan, Incheon, which occurred in April last year.

This administrative penalty was finalized after the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport sent the accident investigation report and requested the penalty in August last year, followed by the submission of opinions by the parties concerned and a hearing procedure in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

The main violations include failing to detect the omission of rebar during the process of reviewing and approving the design documents prepared by the construction company, as well as failing to identify the omission during the inspection process and approving the concrete pouring.

Gyeonggi Province explained that based on the accident investigation report and other materials, it confirmed the legal violations and imposed a six-month business suspension administrative penalty in accordance with the Construction Technology Promotion Act.

Lee Myung-seon, Director of the Construction Policy Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We expect this strict administrative penalty to serve as a wake-up call, and we will thoroughly manage and supervise to ensure that construction projects are properly executed and quality is improved."

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