Gyeonggi Province Uncovers 140 Survey Companies in Violation of Related Laws, Including Equipment Performance Test Delays

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province has conducted a large-scale inspection uncovering numerous companies operating surveying businesses without securing the required technical personnel, or delaying change reporting of registered items (representative, location, technical personnel, equipment) and equipment performance tests.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that it conducted an intensive inspection of 1,009 surveying companies in the province from June through October and identified 140 companies in violation of the Spatial Information Construction and Management Act, on which it will impose administrative measures.

The violations include 16 cases of substandard registration criteria, 26 cases of delayed change reporting, and 98 cases of delayed performance tests. The province plans to report the companies with delayed performance tests to the Director of the National Geographic Information Institute, the administrative authority, and will take administrative measures such as registration cancellation and fine imposition for the remaining 42 cases.

According to the Spatial Information Construction and Management Act, surveying business operations must maintain technical personnel and equipment in accordance with registration standards, and companies that fail to meet registration standards are subject to registration cancellation. Additionally, when there are changes to surveying business registration information, changes must be reported within 30 days from the date of change for location and representative, and within 90 days for technical personnel and equipment.

Violations of this requirement result in administrative measures such as fines of up to 3 million won or business suspension.

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province aims to provide high-quality surveying services that are trusted by residents through fostering legitimate and sound surveying companies. The province sends surveying companies notification of surveying business registration and change reporting processing results along with guidance materials on surveying business registration and changes.

Kwon Gyeong-hyeon, head of the Land Information Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "Please familiarize yourself with the guidance materials so that you do not face administrative measures for failing to maintain registration standards."