The original idea for the group came from legislator Liu Kuang-hua, who enlisted Wang Ching-feng to act as administrator. The main objective at first was to assemble a team of experts to inspect homes in the disaster area and determine whether they were livable, how to repair them, and how much the repairs ought to cost, so that unscrupulous contractors could not get away with exorbitant charges.
九二一之後，震驚的國人幾乎全國動員，投入各類賑災工作。立法委員劉光華也召集了一個小組會議，請王清峰擔任組織協調人，主要是結合土木工程師、結構技師、建築師去災區探勘房屋損害的程度，是否還能居住？