Seoul Housing and Urban Development Corporation (SH) said on the 11th that, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, a field inspection team including President Hwang Sang-ha completed safety checks at construction sites and rental housing complexes. SH will activate a comprehensive safety plan to prevent disasters and safety accidents during the Lunar New Year holiday.

The inspection was carried out to preemptively block safety accidents and disaster situations that could occur during the holiday and to check the status of safety management at construction sites and rental housing facilities.

Hwang Sang-ha, SH president, inspects the safety management system at the Sinnae 4 public housing district water transmission main relocation construction site. /Courtesy of SH

The inspection was conducted from the 4th to the 10th at five sites, including four construction sites and one rental housing site. SH checked: ▲ the status of safety management at construction sites ▲ whether an emergency contact system is in place ▲ winter safety management conditions ▲ fire prevention management conditions.

SH has established the "2026 Lunar New Year comprehensive plan" and will operate a situation room for seven days from the 13th to the 19th. To enable a swift response in the event of disasters or safety accidents during the holiday, it will reinforce staffing for the situation room and strengthen real-time reporting and management systems with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and within the corporation.

It also plans to operate a field-centered preventive safety management system, including: ▲ construction site self-safety inspections ▲ integrated control and monitoring of closed-circuit television (CCTV) ▲ reinforced patrols of rental housing complexes ▲ phased inspections by management offices and the Comprehensive Residential Safety Center.

SH President Hwang Sang-ha said, "We completed advance safety inspections and strengthened a prevention-centered safety management system so citizens and residents can spend the holiday with peace of mind," and added, "We will maintain a 24-hour situation management system during the holiday to respond quickly and systematically in the event of disasters or safety accidents."

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