(1) Reasons for Proposal

The on-demand supervision system with one certified architect has limits in systematically controlling all processes (civil engineering, machinery, etc.) of on-site construction work to secure the safety and quality of construction work, so the Act aims to remedy the supervision system, such as expanding the range subject to permanent supervision, additionally assigning the supervisor to be fully in charge of safety management for the construction period to ensure site-oriented, specifically tailored safety and supervision of work, excluding the installation of roofs over the top of ramps of underground parking lots of apartment houses from the calculation of the floor area of a building to prevent slip accidents, etc. at the time of rain and freezing over, and allowing the operation, etc. of joint infant care and small libraries in the detached buildings and apartment houses adjacent to residential facilities for the purpose of shared infant and community care, thereby remedying some of the inadequacies revealed in the operation of the system.

(2) Major Provisions

A. Assign a safety supervisor to tighten up the safety management of construction work (Article 19 (5))

Additionally post an assistant architect with more than 2 years’ experience during the construction period to be fully in charge of safety management independently from construction supervision to secure construction safety with site-oriented, specifically tailored safety management.

B. Expand the permanent supervision to step up supervision of construction work (Article 19 (5) 2)

The on-demand supervision system with one certified architect has limits in systematically controlling all processes (civil engineering, machinery, etc.) on on-site construction work, so the work subject to permanent supervision shall be expanded from the current “construction work involving five floors, with a total floor area of more than 3000㎡” to “two floors, with a total floor area of more than 2,000㎡” with site-oriented supervision of work.

C. Adjust the work subject to the designated supervision by the permitting authority for a solid supervision job (Article 19-2)

To secure the independence and objectivity of the purpose of designated supervision by the permitting authority in accordance with the revision of the Building Act (’20.4.7), and in preparation for the buildings to which new technology is applied and for the increase in the number of capable certified architects, the term new construction technology shall be limited to that applied to major structures of a building, and the capable certified architects limited to those who were finalists in construction design contests within the recent 5 years.

D. Ease the standards for calculation of the building area of a building related to renewable energy (Article 119 (1) 2 (a) (v) newly inserted)

Where eaves and awnings are installed in facilities related to supply and use of renewable energy to invigorate the certification of zero-energy buildings, ease the standards for the building area to 2 meters in width. 

E. Ease the standards for calculation of the floor area of ramps in underground parking lots (Article 119 (1) 3 (n) newly inserted)

Exclude the installation of roofs over the top of ramps of underground parking lots from the calculation of the floor area of a building to prevent slip accidents, etc. at the time of rain and freezing over.

F. Realign the uses of a building to reflect social change (attached Table 1)

Allow the operation of joint infant care and a small library (limited to the first floor) in the detached buildings and apartment houses adjacent to residential facilities for the purpose of shared infant and community care, as people’s interest in childbirth, infant care, and formation of community is increasing due to the recent decline in population, etc.

G. Clarify the standards for calculation of the charge for compelling compliance for violating the criteria for landscaping (attached Table 15)

To avoid confusion regarding the imposition of the charge for compelling compliance for violating a landscaping area, clarify again the standards for calculation included and deleted with regulations concerning city-owned land management when the Enforcement Decree of Building Management Act (Presidential Decree No. 30645, 2020. 4. 28.) was revised and enacted.

H. Increase the fine for negligence for a site manager’s absence from a construction site (attached Table 16)

If a site manager fails to perform the duties of process and safety management or if he is absent from a construction site, it will increase the fine for negligence to KRW 200,000 for the first offense, and to KRW 300,000 for the second one to ensure the site manager’s solid job performance and the effectiveness of the imposition of a fine for negligence.