Field Inspections Cut Budgets and Enhance Safety

"The road gradient is too steep, so safety measures must be established. If we change the treatment method for wastewater treatment screenings (foreign materials left over from the wastewater treatment process) from landfill to incineration and other methods, annual budget savings will exceed 900 million won."

Gyeonggi Province conducted field inspections of large-scale construction sites currently underway in the province and presented improvement measures.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 15th that from April 28 to June 3, over 37 days, it conducted field inspections of 14 large-scale construction projects being carried out by 10 institutions in the province, including the Gwangam-Masan Road and the Dongtan 2nd District Residential Development Project site construction, and identified a total of 4 improvement items, which it presented to the relevant institutions.

The inspection involved a total of 28 audit personnel, including 12 private professional auditors and 16 civil servants, and was conducted as a consulting audit focusing on accident prevention and discovery of improvement items.

Looking at the detailed inspection contents, the province first pointed out that among the Gwangam-Masan Road sections being carried out by the Construction Bureau, the existing road previously installed at the terminal of the Ojije Tunnel had a gradient steeper than the design standard. The province proposed securing a safety zone using the available width of the road and implementing overspeed cameras and anti-slip pavement.

The Cheongbuk-Goduk Road being implemented by the Construction Bureau and Gyeonggi Urban Development Corporation respectively, and the Dongtan 2nd District Residential Development Project site construction 3-2 section became problematic due to bridge height. The province noted that the railing height of the bridge crossing the river was too low, raising concerns about cyclists falling, and raised the railing height by approximately 30 centimeters.

The province also presented various budget reduction measures related to large-scale construction projects. Targeting public wastewater treatment facility construction being promoted in Seongnam City and Paju City, the province proposed that if the treatment method for wastewater treatment plant screenings is changed from landfill to incineration, annual budget savings of approximately 670 million won for Seongnam City and approximately 240 million won for Paju City would be achieved.

In addition, for 11 business sites including the Cheongbuk-Goduk Road where budget waste was a concern, construction costs totaling approximately 4.15 billion won were decided to be reduced.

Excellent cases also emerged from the field inspection results.

The province identified a total of 3 on-site excellence cases, including an example in which Gyeonggi Urban Development Corporation reduced the amount of earth and sand waste generated at the construction site by raising the site height of the residential development project, contributing to budget savings of approximately 1.2 billion won.