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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The government has come up with high-intensity measures as conflicts between neighbors caused by noise between floors in apartments have emerged as a social problem. In order to not approve the completion of the construction if the noise standards are not met and to spread the first-class noise technology to the private sector, the government plans to fully implement the first-class design from public housing.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced a plan to resolve noise between floors on November 11. The government's announcement complements the shortcomings of the "inter-floor noise post-check system" introduced last year, and the post-check system requires government-designated agencies to check whether the noise between floors of households randomly extracted from new apartments with more than 30 households is properly blocked.
First of all, if the noise standard is not met when constructing a new apartment, it will not be approved for completion. Construction companies are required to supplement construction, and information disclosure to the public is also made in case of damages. Currently, if the performance test criteria are not met, the business entity can choose between complementary construction and damage compensation, and if the recommendation for complementary measures is not implemented, there is no alternative but litigation.
In the future, construction companies that fail to meet the standards will be required to supplement construction and will be allowed to compensate for damages only if local governments are deemed inevitable. After supplementary construction, the government will grant a re-examination obligation until the standards for noise between floors are met, and if follow-up measures are not implemented, the local government will improve the approval for use.
The construction company discloses the information of the construction company to the public when compensation for damages is made to the prospective tenant. Currently, only those who are scheduled to move in will be notified of the results of performance tests and follow-up measures, but in the future, if the business entity compensates for damages, information will be released to the public to protect tenants and future buyers. However, only those who are scheduled to move in will be notified of supplementary construction.
It also speeds up the inspection time. Currently, if construction companies lack the ability to manage the quality of apartments, they may fail to meet noise standards after construction is completed, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In response, quality inspection teams by local governments will measure interlayer noise for sample households that have completed the construction of floor finishing materials before and after the completion of the frame (usually 8 to 15 months before completion) and supplement them if the inspection standards are not met.
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