MLMUPC committee ordered 23 buildings demolished in Sihanoukville in 2019

• 26 January 2020
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By the end of 2019, the Construction Review Committee had ordered the demolition of 23 buildings under construction in Sihanoukville due to their inadequate quality.

The Construction Review Committee was established by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) in response to the July 2019 collapse of the 7-storey building in Sihanoukville to review the standards and safety of buildings and construction sites. To date it has checked a total of 570 buildings, 23 of which have been found to be ‘high-risk’, with 166 still ‘under investigation’, and 381 being required to be completed only using the proper procedures.

On 22 June 2019, a 7-storey building under construction in Sangkat 4, Sihanoukville, collapsed, resulting in 28 deaths and 26 injuries. Since the committee was established, two further structures under construction have collapsed causing fatalities; a pagoda site in Siem Reap and a hotel building in Kep.

The committee has also been tasked with inspecting the implementation of technical, legal, construction, safety and quality standards of construction companies operating in Cambodia.

According to the 2019 Annual Performance Report of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, from 2000 to 2019, the Ministry granted a total of 284 permits for buildings 5-storeys and above, and 312 permits for the construction of borey projects in Sihanoukville alone.

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