Yongin City Selected as Outstanding Organization in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Building Administration Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on the 22nd that it has been selected as an outstanding organization in the basic local government category of the 2019 Building Administration Evaluation conducted by the government for 243 local governments nationwide and will receive the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award.

This follows an evaluation that the government has conducted annually since 1999 to guide and inspect the soundness of building administration among metropolitan and basic local governments, including proper handling of building permits.

Yongin City received excellent evaluations in 5 categories and 14 indicators in this assessment, including rationality of building administration procedures, safety and efficiency of construction and demolition, appropriateness of maintenance management, expertise in building administration, and efforts for building administration improvement.

In particular, the city stood out among basic local governments in Gyeonggi Province with its adoption of a pre-review system designed to prevent defective construction in officetels and mixed-use residential-commercial buildings, which are subject to building permits, being evaluated as an excellent policy.

Previously, the city was also selected as an outstanding organization in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Building Administration Evaluation in 2016. Additionally, it has been recognized for excellence in the building administration field, having been selected as an outstanding organization in Gyeonggi Province's Building Administration Soundness Evaluation for four consecutive years since 2015.

Baek Kyun-gi, Mayor of Yongin City, said, "I am pleased that our city has achieved outstanding results in the building administration field, being selected as an outstanding organization in the government evaluation," and added, "Going forward, we will make further efforts to ensure that building administration is implemented in a way that is convenient for citizens and improves their quality of life."