The Construction Industry Vision Forum said on the 3rd it will hold a seminar on "measures to enhance transparency in bidding and deliberation systems in the construction industry" at 2 p.m. on the 10th in the medium conference room on the second floor of the Construction Hall on Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
The seminar was prepared to seek self-regulation efforts by the construction industry and directions for institutional improvements as calls for greater transparency grow across the industry following a bid-rigging corruption case in public construction supervision bidding.
The first keynote presentation, "status and improvement directions of supervision/construction management (CM) bidding and awarding systems," will be delivered by Ajou University architecture professor Cha Hee-seong. The second presentation will be given by prosecutor Jeong Jeong-uk of the Ministry of Justice inspector general's office, who directly investigated the public construction supervision bid-rigging corruption. Jeong will present on indications of collusion among supervision and CM firms revealed in the wake of the apartment collapses at Hwajeong I-Park in Gwangju and the Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) Gimpo Geomdan New Town, the organizational lobbying methods of corporations, and the reality of bribes exchanged with screening committee members. Then Ewha Womans University professor Kang Mi-seon will present on measures to ensure fairness in architectural design competitions.
Attendees can participate for free by pre-registering on the Construction Industry Vision Forum website.