Eight years have been passed after the collapse of Sampoong Department Store. Although more than five hundred people were killed at once due to the collapse, many irrational system and specifications which blew that disaster still alive. In this paper, some irtational system and specifications were reviewed. Better rational system and specification were suggested at various levels of design, construction and maintenance of buildings.

• 정란(단국대학교 건축공학과 교수, 연구소장) | Chung, Lan 책임저자
• 김종호(창민우 구조 컨설턴트 대표이사) | Kim, Jong-Ho