South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Suspends General Contractor GS Construction for 10 Months

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on the 27th that it will suspend operations for a total of 10 months for major general contractor GS Construction Co., Ltd., which caused an accident in which an underground parking lot of Geomdan apartment building in Incheon City collapsed. construction work
Business management companies will be suspended for eight months, and design companies will have their registration revoked. On this day, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong (former Hee-ryong) strongly said, ``We will not tolerate the illegal acts of the person responsible for the accident.''
tuned. This disposition will be finalized after hearing and deliberation by the Administrative Disposition Review Committee. A final decision is expected to take about three to five months.
The ministry has signed a contract with GS Construction Consortium, a construction company for Gomdan Mansions.
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decided to impose an eight-month suspension of business on the grounds of "defective construction" for the company and its subcontractors. The city of Seoul also joined the GS construction consortium for the reasons such as dishonest safety inspections.
It is a policy to seek a two-month business suspension. In addition, the ministry ordered the construction project manager, the Mokyang architect firm consortium, to be suspended for six months on the grounds of willful misconduct or gross negligence.
He announced that he plans to suspend his business. At the same time, Gyeonggi-do suspended the business for two months on the grounds that construction, inspection, and testing of the main structure of the construction work were omitted.
I'm going to ask you to give me a minute. The design firm, YOO SUN Engineering Architect Office Consortium, has decided to ask the city of Seoul to cancel its qualification registration or suspend its business for two years.
. The relevant professional engineers will be suspended for one year by the head of the Seoul Regional Land Agency. The ministry plans to ask the police to investigate whether there is any violation of related laws.
On the other hand, in the precision safety diagnosis of the Geomdan apartment building, it was found that the strength of the concrete in the inner walls was partially insufficient.
clarified. The Architectural Institute of Korea, which conducted the survey, analyzed that the cause was 'compression failure' that occurred during the construction of the inner wall. No missing reinforcing bars were found in the residential building. The ministry has 83 sites where GS construction is under construction.
As a result of conducting safety inspections, it is said that there were no abnormalities such as the strength of concrete and missing reinforcing bars. However, there were 251 violations, including unrecorded safety and quality control costs and non-submission of safety management plans.
The matter was confirmed, and measures such as the imposition of fines and corrective orders were issued. GS E&C has announced plans to completely rebuild the Geomdan Mansion, including the residential building.
Mr. Former said, "I feel a great responsibility for causing concern to the public's housing safety with poor construction work for developing countries.
We will resolutely deal with the law through the most severe punishments, defiantly defeat the construction cartel that is rampant in the construction industry, and create a safe environment for the people to live in."