Gyeonggi Province Citizen Supervision Group Inspects Public Construction Sites, Identifies 179 Safety and Quality Issues

Gyeonggi Province Conducts Intensive Inspections of Public Construction Sites Ahead of Rainy Season

With the rainy season approaching in earnest, Gyeonggi Province is tightening safety management at public construction sites. As a result of inspections at major public construction sites in the province by the "Citizen Supervision Group," which consists of external experts, a total of 179 safety and quality-related issues were identified, with a significant number immediately addressed and corrected.

The Gyeonggi Province Construction Work Citizens' Supervision Group is conducting inspections at 10 sites in the construction, road, and river sectors requiring focused management before the rainy season, out of 22 public construction sites scheduled for inspection this year. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

On July 13, Gyeonggi Province announced that the Construction Project Citizen Supervision Group had completed inspections of 10 building, road, and river sector sites requiring focused management before the rainy season, out of a total of 22 public construction sites scheduled for inspection this year.

The Citizen Supervision Group is a system in which experts in safety management, civil engineering, architecture, and other fields directly inspect the quality and safety of public construction projects ordered by Gyeonggi Province and its affiliated agencies. Introduced for the first time nationwide in 2019, this system plays a role in preventing poor construction and enhancing safety standards at construction sites.

This inspection identified a total of 179 areas for improvement. The most frequent issue was insufficient process management before the rainy season, with 20 cases, followed by inadequate management of quality test plans with 10 cases, and insufficient review of retaining wall stability with 7 cases.

The province has already addressed 134 of the identified issues, and plans to promptly rectify the remaining issues according to site conditions.

The inspections focused on potential risk factors at construction sites that could lead to accidents, such as the state of safety management for workers and pedestrians, temporary construction like scaffolding and formwork, installation of safety railings and safety signs, construction quality including concrete, waterproofing, and rebar assembly, as well as the installation and management of measuring instruments. According to Gyeonggi Province, the inspections did not stop at simply pointing out problems; they also offered improvement measures to site personnel, thereby promoting accident prevention and quality enhancement.

Gyeonggi Province plans to continue inspections as scheduled for the remaining 12 public construction sites this year, and will further strengthen on-site safety management during disaster-prone periods such as the rainy season.

Bae Seong-ho, Director of Construction for Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Ahead of the full rainy season, we have worked diligently with the Citizen Supervision Group to thoroughly identify and address risk factors to prevent accidents," adding, "We will continue to actively support the activities of the Citizen Supervision Group to create construction sites where residents can feel safe."

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