Scope of Work

From procurement to completion, every statutory duty covered.

The documents and inspections that five statutes require of project owners, contractors and employers, prepared and verified directly by a registered Professional Engineer's office. Below, statute by statute, is what must be done, by whom and when.

PE OfficeRegistered with the Ministry of Science and ICT, No. 2023-1931
Two PE licencesBuilding Construction · Construction Safety (CEO)
November 2023Established. Paju, Gyeonggi · nationwide delivery
Five statutesOSH Act · CTP Act · Educational Facilities Act · SAP Act · Building Management Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act Construction Technology Promotion Act Educational Facilities Act Serious Accidents Punishment Act Other statutes Company & credentials Partner disciplines

01 · Occupational Safety and Health Act

Accident prevention duties of project owners and employers

Covers the construction duties triggered at a total contract value of KRW 5 billion, and the risk assessment and training duties that apply to every workplace regardless of size.

Occupational Safety and Health Act Art. 67 · Enforcement Rule Art. 86 · MOEL Notice on the Preparation of Safety and Health Ledgers for Construction Works

Construction Safety and Health Ledgers: preparation and verification

The project owner of a construction project with a total contract value of KRW 5 billion or more must prepare and verify Safety and Health Ledgers at the planning, design and construction stages. The basic ledger is prepared by the owner and reviewed by a construction safety expert; the design ledger by the designer; and the construction ledger by the contractor, with the owner verifying implementation.

ZEROONE deliversBasic, design and construction ledger preparation, adequacy review, and outsourced implementation inspection of the construction ledger

Roles by stage

  • Planning: prepared by the owner, adequacy-reviewed by an expert, issued to the designer
  • Design: prepared by the designer at design completion, issued to the contractor
  • Construction: prepared by the contractor before commencement and submitted to the owner, who verifies implementation every three months
Non-compliance: administrative fine of up to KRW 10 million (Art. 175)

Occupational Safety and Health Act Art. 68 · Enforcement Decree Arts. 56 and 57

Safety and Health Coordinator services

A project owner who has separately contracted two or more construction projects on the same site must appoint a Safety and Health Coordinator where the combined contract value is KRW 5 billion or more, to prevent accidents arising from overlapping works. The appointment runs from the day before the overlapping works commence until the overlap ends.

ZEROONE deliversAppointment contracts based on one to two site visits a month, identification of overlapping-work hazards and corrective measures, coordination meetings, and safety inspection checklists

Key conditions

  • Applies only to overlapping works, where separately contracted contractors work concurrently on the same site
  • Appointment, budget and management responsibility rest with the project owner, who notifies the contractors of the appointment
  • Qualifications: PE in construction safety, certified industrial safety consultant, safety manager with prescribed experience, and others
Failure to appoint: administrative fine of up to KRW 5 million (Art. 175)

Occupational Safety and Health Act Art. 42 · Enforcement Decree Art. 42(3)

Construction Hazard Prevention Plan preparation

For construction projects above the prescribed thresholds, the employer must prepare a hazard prevention plan, submit it to KOSHA for review before commencement, and undergo implementation checks at least every six months after commencement.

ZEROONE deliversPlan preparation with construction safety expert review, KOSHA submission and review support, re-review where found inadequate, and post-commencement implementation check support

Qualifying projects

  • Buildings and structures 31 m or higher above ground; buildings with a floor area of 30,000 m² or more
  • Cultural, assembly, retail, transport and religious facilities of 5,000 m² or more; general hospitals; tourist accommodation; underground shopping arcades; cold-storage warehouses
  • Bridges with a maximum span of 50 m or more; tunnels; multipurpose, hydroelectric and other dams with a storage capacity of 20 million tonnes or more; excavation 10 m or deeper

Procedure

  1. Plan development
  2. KOSHA submission
  3. Review
  4. Notification of result
  5. Six-monthly check after commencement

Occupational Safety and Health Act Art. 36 · Guideline on Workplace Risk Assessment

Workplace risk assessment (construction, manufacturing, services)

Employers must identify hazards arising from structures, machinery, equipment, raw materials, gases, vapours and dusts, evaluate the level and acceptability of the risk, and implement controls. Assessments are initial, periodic, ad hoc or continuous.

ZEROONE deliversDocument review by workplace type and on-site assessment (KRAS and CHARM methods), risk determination, control measures and training, review and redrafting of assessment procedures, toolbox meetings and implementation follow-up

Procedure

  1. Preparation
  2. Hazard identification
  3. Risk determination
  4. Controls and implementation
  5. Communication and records

Sectors covered

  • Construction, manufacturing, food processing, and services including finance, retail and welfare
  • Assessment procedures re-examined to fit both head office and deployed sites

Occupational Safety and Health Act Art. 29 · Enforcement Rule Art. 26

Worker and supervisor safety and health training

Employers must provide periodic training, induction training, training on change of work and special training. The minimums are 16 hours a year for supervisors, 6 hours per half-year for workers, and 16 hours for special training (at least 4 hours before the work begins).

ZEROONE deliversOn-site delivery of periodic, induction and special training, supervisor training, subcontractor training, and training materials and records

Examples of work requiring special training

  • Confined-space work, asbestos removal, cranes of 1 tonne or more, construction hoists and gondolas
  • Excavation 2 m or deeper, reinforcement of earth-retaining supports and erection or dismantling of shoring, stacking or dismantling of materials 2 m or higher
  • Assembly and dismantling of formwork shoring, erection, dismantling and alteration of scaffolding, tower crane installation and dismantling

02 · Construction Technology Promotion Act

Under MOLIT: documents reviewed by contracting and permitting authorities

Its scope and authority differ from the Occupational Safety and Health Act. One project can fall under both Acts, so we assess them together.

Construction Technology Promotion Act Art. 62 · Enforcement Decree Arts. 98 and 99 · Enforcement Decree Art. 101-2 (temporary structures)

Construction Safety Management Plan development

For projects above the prescribed thresholds, construction contractors and registered housing builders must identify hazards inside and around the site, establish safety measures, and submit an overall Safety Management Plan to the contracting or permitting authority before commencement. Class 1 and 2 facilities are reviewed by KALIS; other facilities by a certified safety inspection body.

ZEROONE deliversPlan preparation, review submission and revision of supplementary measures, securing at least a conditional pass before commencement, and periodic safety inspection registration support

Qualifying projects

  • Construction of Class 1 and 2 facilities; excavation 10 m or deeper; works using explosives (facilities within 20 m, livestock facilities within 100 m)
  • Buildings of 10 to 15 storeys; remodelling or demolition of buildings of 10 storeys or more; vertical-extension remodelling
  • Works using drilling rigs (10 m or higher), pile drivers or tower cranes; scaffolding 31 m or higher; formwork and shoring 5 m or higher; tunnel supports and earth-retaining structures 2 m or higher; temporary structures 10 m or higher; and others

Procedure

  1. Plan preparation (contractor)
  2. Submission to client and KALIS
  3. Plan review
  4. Result notification and revision
  5. Periodic inspection registration

Construction Technology Promotion Act · Construction Safety Management Work Guideline Art. 6

Design for Safety (DfS) review and report

A design-stage process that identifies construction hazards in advance, assesses the risks, and builds mitigation into the design. It is carried out at 80% detailed design and applies to every project that requires a Safety Management Plan. The project owner bears the review cost and must instruct the designer to perform it as part of the design scope.

ZEROONE deliversDfS report preparation, KALIS review support, incorporation of review findings and submission to the permitting authority

Procedure

  1. Report preparation (designer)
  2. Review request and payment (owner)
  3. Report review (KALIS)
  4. Submission of findings (owner)
  5. Submission to permitting authority

Exclusions

  • Works using construction machinery registered under the Construction Machinery Management Act
  • Works using drilling rigs 10 m or higher, pile drivers, pile extractors or tower cranes

Construction Technology Promotion Act Art. 45-2 · MOLIT Notice on Construction Period Calculation Standards for Public Works

Construction period adequacy review

For public construction projects of KRW 10 billion or more (KRW 5 billion for local governments), the contracting authority must calculate the construction period based on project scale, characteristics and site conditions, and have its adequacy reviewed. The report is prepared once design VE review is complete and the design quantities are fixed.

ZEROONE deliversAdequacy review report preparation and support through the local construction technology deliberation committee and technical advisory committee

Deliberation procedure (example: Seoul Metropolitan Government)

  1. Request (D-20)
  2. Deliberation plan
  3. Working-level verification (D-10)
  4. Committee session
  5. Notification of result

03 · Educational Facilities Act

Construction next to schools, and the safety of school facilities

Act on the Safety and Maintenance of Educational Facilities

Educational facility safety evaluation and report

A process that evaluates in advance the risks that on-campus and adjacent construction pose to educational facilities, so that the work can proceed safely. It applies to building works within 4 m of a school boundary involving excavation 2 m or deeper, structures of three storeys or more or 10 m or higher, and tunnelling, blasting or demolition works.

ZEROONE deliversOn behalf of the contractor: preliminary site survey, liaison with the district education office and school administration, the safety evaluation itself, and submission of the review findings

Procedure

  1. Safety evaluation (contractor)
  2. Report to supervising authority
  3. Review (notified within 14 days)
  4. Supplementary measures
  5. Commencement; records kept for one year after the year of completion

Educational Facilities Act · Educational facility safety certification

Educational facility safety certification consulting

Educational facilities above the prescribed size, from kindergartens to universities, must be assessed and graded in three areas: facility safety (structural, electrical, gas and fire), indoor environment safety (access and circulation) and external environment safety (crime, traffic and pedestrian).

ZEROONE deliversPre-assessment certification briefings for school staff and technical support throughout the assessment and deliberation

Facilities requiring certification

  • Kindergartens, primary, middle, high and special schools: per school, at 1,000 m² floor area or more
  • Student training centres and libraries: per institution, at 1,000 m² or more
  • University facilities and similar: per building, at 3,000 m² or more

04 · Serious Accidents Punishment Act

Turning the responsible executive's duty of care into a working system

Documentation alone is not enough. Compliance is recognised only where there is a record of actual inspection and improvement.

Serious Accidents Punishment Act Arts. 4 and 5 · Enforcement Decree Arts. 4 and 5

Serious Accidents Punishment Act consulting

The Act places a duty on employers and responsible executives to secure the safety and health of every worker. Its core requirements are building and operating a safety and health management system, establishing recurrence prevention measures, complying with corrective orders from the authorities, and the management measures needed to meet duties under related statutes.

ZEROONE deliversGap assessment of the existing management system, case-based training for managers and risk assessment leads, and worker consultation and hazard discovery

Three pillars

  • System assessment: identifying gaps and proposing an improvement model
  • Management training: built around Serious Accidents Punishment Act case law
  • Worker consultation: covering all workers under the executive's effective control

Enforcement Decree of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, Article 4

Safety and health management system development

We build the system in five steps, from workplace assessment to the final report. Legal and labour specialists join where needed, and inspections of public-use facilities and public transport are carried out with a certified safety inspection body. We also act for project owners on duties such as the half-yearly implementation review of construction contractors.

ZEROONE deliversWorkplace assessment, initial findings report, improvement workshop, draft management system, final report and stakeholder training. For large sites, additional staffing and discipline-by-discipline inspections with findings reports

Procedure

  1. Workplace assessment
  2. Initial findings
  3. Improvement workshop (interim)
  4. System build
  5. Final report

Specialist sectors

  • Local governments and their public agencies, semiconductor and display fabs, and contractors serving military and correctional facilities

05 · Other statutes

Building demolition, and safety and health management plans for manufacturing and services

Building Management Act, Article 30

Building demolition plans and notification-scope review

Building demolition is either notifiable or permit-based. Permit-based demolition requires a plan prepared by a designated professional such as an architect or a Professional Engineer in structural, building construction or construction safety, and notifiable demolition also requires expert review. Our CEO holds both the Building Construction and Construction Safety PE licences and serves on demolition deliberation committees for Gimpo, Yongsan and Eunpyeong, so preparation and review are carried out directly.

ZEROONE deliversDemolition plan preparation, notification or permit scope review, and demolition deliberation support

Notifiable demolition (Building Management Act)

  • Partial demolition not affecting principal structural elements (bearing walls, columns, floors, beams, roof frames, main stairs)
  • Full demolition: floor area under 500 m², height under 12 m, three storeys or fewer including basement levels
  • Other: extension, alteration or reconstruction portions up to 85 m², and buildings under 200 m² and three storeys in management zones and similar areas
Even notifiable demolition near bus stops, subway entrances or pedestrian crossings may require a permit under local ordinance

Linked to the Serious Accidents Punishment Act · required by contracting and outsourcing clients

Safety and health management plans for manufacturing and services

There is no statutory form for a manufacturing or services safety and health management plan. Since the Serious Accidents Punishment Act took effect, however, contracting and outsourcing clients increasingly require one at tender and contract stage as they evaluate the safety and health capability of their suppliers.

ZEROONE deliversSafety and health objectives and policy, organisation, annual and period operating plans tailored to the workplace, risk assessment procedures and results tables by work type

Specialist sectors

  • Outsourced operations for local governments and public agencies
  • Semiconductor and display fabs
  • Contractors serving military and correctional facilities, cleaning and catering contractors

Company · Credentials

Prepared, and answered for, by a registered Professional Engineer's office

A Professional Engineer's office formally registered with the Korean Professional Engineers Association under legislation administered by the Ministry of Science and ICT. Industries differ, but safety is one value: we pursue accident prevention, cross-discipline integration and lasting client relationships.

Company profile

  • ZEROONE Safety Technology (Professional Engineer's Office) · CEO Kim Myung-soo
  • Established 1 November 2023 · Room 818, Yueun Tower 8, 1246 Gyeongui-ro, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
  • PE office registration 2023-1931 (Ministry of Science and ICT) · Business registration 633-53-00922
  • Business lines: professional, scientific and technical services; wholesale and retail
  • Coverage: consulting, inspection, plans, technical advisory and risk assessment nationwide
PE office registration certificateBusiness registration certificatePE, Building ConstructionPE, Construction Safety

CEO credentials · Experience

  • PE in Building Construction, PE in Construction Safety, Certified Administrative Agent
  • Construction supervisor, military facilities, Ministry of National Defense
  • GS E&C, Building Construction Division
  • Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety
  • Demolition deliberation committee member for Gimpo, Yongsan, Eunpyeong and other local governments

"We will prevent accidents in every workplace in Korea. An engagement is never a single transaction; we stay with every project we are entrusted with until it succeeds."

Partner disciplines

Extending our reach with specialists in each discipline

Work outside our direct scope is delivered with Professional Engineers, certified consultants and auditors in each discipline.

Construction

  • Soil and foundation, geotechnical and geological engineering
  • Building and civil engineering technical support, safety inspections
  • Accident prevention technical guidance (Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Jeju)
  • Building energy management plans, green building, environmental permitting
  • Construction court-appointed appraisal, ISO certification, overseas HSE certification consulting

Partners: PEs in structural, civil structural, geotechnical, foundation and water resources engineering; certified industrial safety consultant (construction); KOSHA auditor

Manufacturing

  • Process Safety Management (PSM) reports
  • Manufacturing Hazard Prevention Plans
  • Tooling, metalworking and welding technical support
  • Machinery and equipment risk assessment, safety certification of hazardous machinery
  • Outsourced workplace safety management

Partners: certified industrial safety consultants (mechanical, chemical); PE in mechanical safety; PEs in tooling, metalworking and mechanical engineering; master craftsman in metallic materials

Other

  • Loss adjustment (property and personal injury), court-appointed appraisal
  • HACCP-based risk assessment and safety and health management
  • Safety and health training instructors
  • PE examination coaching (written and interview)
  • Bulk orders of safety equipment

We start by confirming which statutes your project falls under.

Send us the contract value, work type, schedule and site location. We reply with the required documents and a quotation.

Enquire via KakaoTalk Check if your project qualifies