Gyeonggi Province Conducts Emergency Safety Inspections at Building Demolition Sites...80 Violations Found

# At Building A's demolition site, a large opening approximately 20 meters wide created by removing slabs and beams was discovered. The contractor stated it was installed for equipment movement, but the demolition plan (which includes work procedures and demolition methods) did not include plans for this opening. The province requested administrative sanctions including fines against the relevant city or county.

# At the Redevelopment Site B, some temporary fencing adjacent to sidewalks and roads was tilted approximately 20 degrees. The province required that temporary fencing be installed higher than the building to ensure vertical alignment for pedestrian safety, and the contractor corrected the fencing as requested by the province.

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 11th that following the recent building demolition collapse accident in Gwangju, it discovered 80 violations during safety inspections of building demolition sites within the province.

From June 14 to 30, the province organized an inspection team consisting of provincial, city, and county officials as well as private experts to conduct emergency safety inspections of 636 buildings across 390 sites within the province.

The 80 violations identified include 3 cases of non-compliance—failure to comply with demolition plans, failure to complete safety inspection checklists, and construction commencement before contractor supervision agreements were signed—and 77 cases where problems like the temporary fencing at Redevelopment Site B were identified and corrected.

The province requested follow-up measures including fines and administrative sanctions for the 3 non-compliant cases after reviewing them with relevant cities and counties for legal violations.

Additionally, to strengthen continuous safety management at demolition sites, the province formed a collaborative task force last month with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Gyeonggi Province, Seoul, and demolition industry workers.

The task force is developing institutional improvement plans for overall demolition work, including resident on-site supervision, implementation of construction notification systems, preparation of standard manuals for demolition plans, and strengthened penalties.

To prevent recurrence of similar accidents such as the building demolition collapse in Gwangju and to raise safety standards at demolition sites, the province plans to continue inspections of new demolition sites.