Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Enhances Convenience and Stability Through 'Seumteo' Cloud Service

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] Starting next month, it will become easier to access building permit information through cloud services.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 31st that from the 1st of next month, the Building Administration System (Seumteo) will be newly revamped based on cloud technology to provide faster and more stable building administration services.

With this reorganization, Seumteo, which was previously operated individually by 245 local governments, will be improved into an integrated system, expanding the scope of building information provided and facilitating linkage with various national information, enabling more efficient information utilization.

Seumteo is a service established in 2008 to allow citizens to conveniently and transparently handle building administrative tasks online. Currently, it processes about 700,000 building register issuances annually and provides a total of 114 types of various building administrative services, including building and housing permits, building register management, maintenance projects, and statistical services, with an annual scale of approximately 64 million cases.

However, there have been continuous criticisms regarding frequent system failures due to system aging and different IT environments across local governments. In response, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has upgraded Seumteo into a future data industry support base system by improving system aging and the distributed operation structure by local governments through the cloud-based Seumteo reconstruction project.

The Ministry plans to enhance system functions over three years from last year to next year and transition to a nationwide service through data migration in 2022. This year, services such as the public portal and business civil complaint services will be prioritized.

Accordingly, the reconstructed cloud-based Seumteo will enable more convenient civil complaint applications. As a nationwide integrated system is established, frequent system errors and weak security will be improved, supporting stable building administration services. Additionally, an environment that does not require installations like ActiveX has been created, allowing service use on various web browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, in addition to Internet Explorer. This multi-environment service provision will be offered in business civil complaint services this year and expanded to all services nationwide after 2022.

In terms of civil complaint processing by local government officials, the scope of accessible information beyond the local government’s own data will broaden, improving work efficiency and enabling faster administrative services. For example, during the review process of a complaint, a local government official will be able to check the status of architects’ registered offices and administrative disciplinary actions not only within their jurisdiction but also nationwide. Furthermore, institutions delegated with permit authority, such as the Free Economic Zone Authority, which previously had difficulty using Seumteo, will also be able to process administrative tasks electronically.

Moreover, the utilization of building information will become much easier. By using the building identification number, building information can be accessed, allowing easy use of not only drawing information but also permit and building register data. Integration with government agencies and local government systems will also facilitate fusion with various national information such as road name addresses and spatial information.

Kim Seong-ho, Director of the Building Policy Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "We plan to complete the nationwide expansion of the cloud-based building administration system by 2022," adding, "We will continuously collect diverse opinions to establish the foundation for future building services." He further stated, "We plan to build a building hub that integrates the collection, processing, and distribution channels of building big data into one, supporting the creation of new data industries and revitalization of the industry using building information."

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