The importance of building safety management and supervision at the local government level has been increasing as poor safety management and supervision of construction sites are pointed out as the main causes of building safety accidents. While the role of the local government head, who is the licensing authority, is important in ensuring the safety of buildings, there are limitations in safety management and supervision due to issues such as lack of manpower and budget. In response to this, in 2018, the Local Construction Safety Center, composed of experts in the field of architecture, was introduced to local governments to enhance the quality of architectural administrative services through securing the safety of buildings and the specialization of architectural administrative work. Starting in 2021, the establishment of Local Construction Safety Centers has been made mandatory for metropolitan local governments and basic local

governments with populations of over 500,000, so that building safety management by local governments can be performed more professionally. By 2023, the obligation to establish Local Construction Safety Centers was imposed based on the area of building permits and the ratio of aged buildings, resulting in a total of 140 local governments required to establish these centers.

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