In order to enhance the knowledge of the engineering staff about the quality of public works, the Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau under the Ministry of the Interior adopted the benchmark learning method on November 22, 2024 to observe the ‘Reclamation for Areas at and near Tainan Municipal Yanhang Junior High School in Yongkang District, Tainan City’, which was awarded the 20th Golden Quality Award in the Civil Engineering category by the Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan. During the observation, the organizer of the project (i.e. the Land Administration Bureau of Tainan City Government), the project manager (i.e. Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Ltd.), the designer and supervisor (i.e. CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. Taiwan), and the contractor (i.e. Songdong Construction Co., Ltd.) all jointly handled the briefing and site tour of the project.
In the course of the briefing and tour, the participants had good exchanges of questions and answers with the tour organizer (unit). During the tour, participants not only gained an in-depth understanding of the project in terms of planning and design concepts, construction cooperation mode, and contract implementation management practices but also learned how to effectively reduce public grievances by making good neighborly relations and how to resolve construction difficulties. The tour organizer (unit) highlighted that the key to winning the Gold Award lies in identifying the project's unique features, turning the construction process's challenges into highlights, and using innovative thinking to bring out the value of the project. In addition, close cooperation and good communication between the organizer, the project management unit, the design and supervision unit, and the construction company were also key to success. The participants gained a lot from the observation, which would help them to improve the quality of public works in the future.