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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport prepares standards for inter-floor noise performance inspection after apartment building construction

(Sejong = International News) Reporter Ahn Jong-won = The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced, “To reduce noise between floors, we will prepare performance inspection standards after the construction of apartment houses.”

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport explained, “We will implement a notice of legislation on the ‘regulations and rules on housing construction standards, etc.’ including specific details, and an administrative notice on the ‘management standards for the floor impact sound blocking structure of an apartment building’.”

In particular, the main contents of this amendment are ▲ Establishment of floor impact sound performance test standards (light impact sound 49 dB, heavy impact sound 49 dB) ▲ Regulations on floor impact sound performance test methods, etc. ▲ Establishment of improvement recommendations and implementation result reporting procedures ▲ Designation of a floor impact sound performance inspection institution, etc. .

Kang Tae-seok, manager of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, “With this revision, we will be able to reduce the noise between floors actually experienced by residents by inducing technological development and sound construction in the construction industry through floor impact sound performance testing after the construction of the apartment building.”