The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Thursday it will launch full-fledged safety checks into buildings constructed using flat slab methods, following revelations that some 16.5 percent of apartment complexes built under the state-run Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) are missing critical structural components. The Ministry of Land said it will conduct investigations of 293 apartment complexes built.
GS Engineering and Construction will completely rebuild its apartment complex in Incheon after an underground parking lot collapsed in April due to poor construction. The apartment complex, being built by GS E&C and developed by Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH), was set to be completed in October. GS E&C will tear down and reconstruct 17 apartment buildings for 1,666 households in Geomdan New Town in Incheon.
GS E&C has lost the government s trust after the collapse of an apartment construction site in northern Incheon s Geomdan New Town last month. It now faces uncertainties about its ongoing collaboration with the land ministry to win orders in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
GS E&C apologized on Tuesday for last month s collapse of an apartment complex construction site in northern Incheon s Geomdan New Town, admitting that it had missed installing rebar in over 30 places of the destroyed underground parking lot s upper floor.