Hyundai Construction Introduces 'Contactless Thermal Imaging and Facial Recognition System' at Sites

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced on the 9th that it will introduce the country's first contactless thermal imaging and facial recognition access control system at construction sites.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction stated, "The system has been applied at the entrance of the Coupang logistics center site, where smart construction technology is being pilot tested, and after verifying its effectiveness, it will be expanded to all sites." The goal is to prevent safety accidents by detecting workers' health abnormalities in advance and to improve work productivity.

The access control system introduced by Hyundai Engineering & Construction this time is an AI facial recognition system with an added thermal sensor function, allowing quick confirmation of workers' health status and work information such as access history even while wearing masks. The system not only measures body temperature but also detects whether masks are worn properly, restricting access if necessary and enabling separate measures to be taken.

With unmanned and contactless checks possible on site, it is expected to improve work productivity by eliminating the need to assign managers separately for temperature checks and to face workers to verify temperature and instruct mask-wearing.

Hyundai Engineering & Construction will additionally install the thermal imaging and facial recognition access control functions into 'HIoS,' Hyundai Engineering & Construction's IoT-based comprehensive site safety management platform. HIoS is the first comprehensive safety management platform developed in the construction industry and currently includes six technologies: ▲worker location tracking ▲equipment entrapment prevention ▲tower crane collision prevention ▲gas concentration detection ▲wind speed detection ▲retaining wall temporary structure collapse prevention. The company said, "By linking the thermal imaging and facial recognition access control functions to the platform, more advanced site safety management will be possible."

A Hyundai Engineering & Construction official said, "We are doing our best to ensure workers' safety and prevent infectious diseases by applying various cutting-edge systems at construction sites," adding, "We will continue efforts to actively introduce 4th industrial revolution technologies on site to enhance workers' safety, health, and productivity."

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