Seoul City Conducts Intensive Safety Inspections at Over 2,389 Locations for 60 Days

As Part of the '2023 Daehanminguk Safety Great Transformation'

Seoul City announced on the 16th that it will conduct intensive inspections over 60 days from tomorrow until June 16, covering a total of approximately 2,389 locations including construction sites, aging buildings, road facilities, landslide-prone areas, and performance venues during the '2023 Intensive Safety Inspection' period.

Aging facilities and those with a high risk of accidents were prioritized for selection, and inspections will be conducted jointly by a safety management advisory group composed of 190 experts from 18 fields including architecture, electricity, and fire safety, as well as experts from the Regional Architects Association and responsible public officials.

For places where it is difficult to conduct inspections manually, such as super high-rise buildings, drones will be utilized, and facility safety inspections using the Internet of Things (IoT) will also be conducted simultaneously to ensure there are no safety blind spots.

A safety inspection of Gocheok Sky Dome is scheduled for May 4, and advanced equipment such as drones will be used. Attendees on the day of the inspection include Yoo Chang-su, Deputy Mayor for Administration of Seoul City, Seoul Facilities Corporation, and the Advanced Technology Safety Inspection Association.

In addition, self-safety inspection checklists will be created and distributed to multi-use facilities and households so that citizens can participate directly in the inspections. Outstanding companies in self-safety inspections will be posted on the Seoul City and autonomous district websites.

Minor issues that can be corrected immediately on-site will be addressed promptly, and urgent safety measures such as prohibition of use, demolition, or designation of danger zones will be implemented for serious defects requiring rapid repair and reinforcement. Furthermore, the inspection results will be disclosed on the Integrated Safety Information Public System.

Moreover, if a facility included in this inspection wishes to undergo a safety inspection, a request can be made to the relevant department or the local autonomous district, and after review, it may be included in the inspection targets.

Meanwhile, the city plans to select four outstanding autonomous districts that actively participate in this safety inspection and provide each with a subsidy of 25 million KRW for repair and reinforcement of disaster-vulnerable facilities.

Choi Jin-seok, Director of the Seoul City Safety General Office, said, “Due to rapid climate and social changes, the types and scope of disasters are becoming more complex and diverse, making preventive safety management more important than ever,” adding, “We will carefully examine risk factors in daily life and do our best to prevent safety accidents.”