A Study on the Improvement of Construction Standard Specifications in Korea

  • Moon, Hyosoo (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Eunbae (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Soo (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Moonseo (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Son, Bosik (Department of Architectural Engineering, Namseoul University) ;
  • Ahn, Joseph (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2015.10.11

Abstract

Construction Standard Specifications, part of contract documents, has been improved through various amendments since their first enactment in 1967 up to the latest 2013 version. However, complaints about inconvenience and low availability have been continuously made in their structure and contents. Therefore, an improvement is needed based on the experts' opinions both from industrial and academic fields. This basic study is to compare the Korean specifications to those from the developed countries and derive the suggestions on their improvement. Furthermore, it aims to delve into the experts' opinion on the subject and identify the direction and priority for the improvement of the specifications. Through this study, user friendliness and efficiency are expected to be obtained in using the specifications.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by a grant (14AUDP-B086204-01) from "Development for National Building Code of Korea" funded by Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement of Korean government.