Taipei City Construction Management Office

Organization: Taipei City Construction Management OfficeSection: User Permit SectionPress Release Date: 2014-9-16Press Release from Taipei City Construction Management OfficePress Release Unit: Taipei City Construction Management OfficePress Release Date: 2014-9-16Contact: Assistant Chief Engineer, Chiu, Ying-CheTel.: 1999 ex. 8346Taipei City Government amends law to relax and simplify application and handling procedures for exterior wall renovation.Since long years of wind and rain erosion, can easily lead to bulging, peeling of facades on old buildings and even endanger the safety of pedestrians, the Taipei City Government amended the law to relax application and handling procedures for change to buildings’ exterior walls under a certain scale. The deregulation assists in conducting repair work on apartments and buildings as soon as possible. In addition, after referencing Japanese housing exterior wall finishes safe diagnostic and repair techniques, the Taipei City Government and the Taiwan Building Renovation Association jointly organized a two-day “Taiwan-Japan joint symposium on house exterior wall renovations technique exchange" today and tomorrow (16th and 17th) on the first floor of the International Building at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Professor emeritus Dr. Kondo Teruo of Nippon Sanbutsu University and many other experts and scholars were invited to address Japanese management systems of building facades and regular inspection program, diagnostic techniques for building facades cracking identification, repair techniques and construction methods for exterior wall tiles peeling, etc. This attracted many individuals from domestic industry, government and academia to attend, listen, and exchange views. Director of the Construction Management Office said that in the future, the Construction Management Office would use the Japanese management system as a reference and amend the "Taipei City construction management autonomy regulations" to establish a regular inspection reporting system for buildings above a certain age. Chang Kang-Wei further stated that on today (16th) the city council adopted an amendment for "exemption of buildings under a certain scale in Taipei City to change usage licenses". As long as alterations do not affecting the structural safety of the building, generate subsequent violation of rules, involve urban design reviews, façade or plane changes to a certain extent will be exempt from changes in usage license. This measure was put in place mainly for the sake of encouraging condominium owners of old apartment buildings to actively repair facades, in order to accelerate the building exterior wall renovation, regeneration, maintain operations, as well as enhance public safety and improve city appearance.On the home page of Construction Management Office, a dedicated "building’s exterior security" advocacy area has been set up, where information such as "common Q & A on exterior wall security management", "external wall finishes peeling cases notification and investigation", "application for external wall finishes repair costs subsidy", "exterior wall maintenance professionals and recommended vendors", etc., is provided. Citizens are welcome to visit this website online. (URL: http://www.tccmo.taipei.gov.tw/ )