Professor Kim Daejong of Sejong University to Present at Knowledge Industry Center Public Hearing

Proposal for Relaxing Loft Height Standards

Sejong University announced on March 26 that Professor Kim Daejong of the Department of Business Administration will give a presentation at the "Public Hearing on Increasing Loft Height Standards," which will be held on April 2. The event is jointly organized by the Korea Knowledge Industry Center Association and the Joint Countermeasures Committee for Realistic Loft Installation Standards at Knowledge Industry Centers in the Seoul Metropolitan Area.

Members of the Korea Knowledge Industry Center are demanding regulatory relaxation. Sejong University

This public hearing, to be held at Exhibition Hall 2 of KINTEX in Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, aims to discuss the relaxation of height standards for lofts within knowledge industry centers. Officials from knowledge industry centers located in the Seoul metropolitan area are expected to attend and share their opinions.

Professor Kim will give a presentation on "The Need for Improving Loft Height Regulations in Knowledge Industry Centers and Policy Proposals." Next, Lee Sangwon, Vice President of the Korean Structural Engineers Association, will explain the results of a research project on structural reviews related to the installation of lofts (mezzanine floors) in knowledge industry centers. After the presentations, a discussion aimed at relaxing loft height standards will be held, led by attorney Lee Gwangcheol.

Meanwhile, this public hearing is a follow-up measure after the "Partial Amendment to the Building Act" (jointly proposed by Assemblyman Hwang Hee and others) was submitted to the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee in November 2025.

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