Ministry, Incheon City Form Joint Investigation Committee for Songdo Apartment Terrace Collapse

An accident investigation committee has been formed to determine the cause of the collapse of an exterior protruding balcony at an apartment complex in the Songdo International Business District, just a year and a half after its completion.

Incheon City announced that it has formed a joint "Facility Accident Investigation Committee" with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and will begin a full-scale investigation starting tomorrow, August 21.

The committee consists of 10 experts from various fields including building structure, building construction, and law, and will be chaired by Hong Geon-ho, a professor at Hoseo University and an expert in building structures.

The committee will operate for three months until November 20, with the possibility of extension depending on the progress of the investigation.

The committee plans to conduct on-site investigations and root-cause analysis, examine the appropriateness of the entire construction process including design, construction, supervision, and permitting, and draw up measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.

At the apartment complex, which was completed in February of last year, the exterior terrace and lower exterior materials of a household fell to the ground around 6 a.m. on the 7th, but fortunately, there were no casualties.

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