Hanwha to Build 200 Billion Won Hometown Knowledge Industry Center Using Latest PC Construction Method

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] Hanwha Construction announced on the 9th that it will build a large-scale knowledge industry center worth a total construction cost of 200 billion KRW in the Goyang Hyangdong District using the latest precast concrete (hereafter PC) method.

The Goyang Hyangdong District Knowledge Industry Center is located in Urban Support Facility 5BL of Hyangdong District, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do. It is a large-scale logistics-type knowledge industry center with 4 basement floors to 14 above-ground floors and a total floor area of approximately 192,000㎡. It is the largest-scale single-building knowledge industry center applying the PC method in Korea.

The PC method involves manufacturing concrete structures such as columns, beams, walls, and slabs in a factory and then assembling them on-site like Lego blocks. This advanced modular construction method, common in developed countries, shortens construction periods and improves quality.

Hanwha Construction has already proven its PC design and construction capabilities by applying the PC method at the Bismaiya New City construction site in Iraq, where it is building 100,000 housing units and social infrastructure facilities. Based on accumulated technology, Hanwha Construction plans to apply a differentiated PC method to the Goyang Hyangdong Knowledge Industry Center project.

Hanwha Construction introduced the HCS (Hollow Core Slab) method, which secures lightweight yet uniform high quality for structural work, and actively utilized its proprietary know-how such as structural reanalysis of columns and girders (beams) and optimized design of PC joints to enhance performance while reducing construction costs.

Additionally, considering the substantial amount of products and equipment per floor characteristic of knowledge industry centers, Hanwha Construction plans to implement a high load-bearing capacity of over 1 ton per square meter using the PC method. The ceiling is also designed to reach up to 6 meters, considering product unloading and workspace, providing a spacious openness and efficient use of space.

Above all, the Goyang Hyangdong Knowledge Industry Center will apply a convenient and rare drive-in design system. This system allows vehicles such as 2.5-ton trucks to freely move up to high floors within the knowledge industry center, offering revolutionary advantages for logistics unloading. A specialized design enables moving up two floors with a single straight drive inside the building, allowing rapid access to upper floors.

Recently, the domestic PC market has diversified beyond underground parking lots of apartment complexes to knowledge industry centers, logistics centers, semiconductor factories, and more. Major construction companies are focusing on developing construction methods and technologies to expand the scope of PC application.

Hanwha Construction also signed a 'Joint Promotion Agreement (MOU) for PC Method Development' last October with ‘Han Sung PC Construction,’ which has the largest PC production capacity in Korea, and ‘Essendientec,’ a PC design specialized engineering company. Hanwha Construction is focusing on developing PC methods and specialized items through various technological development efforts and plans to gradually expand the PC application rate by applying them to actual sites.

Yoon Yong-sang, Head of Hanwha Construction’s Architecture Business Division, said, "The PC market is continuously growing in line with the trend of off-site construction in the domestic construction market. The Goyang Hyangdong Knowledge Industry Center, as one of the largest PC method application complexes, will play a significant role in establishing Hanwha Construction as a leader in the PC method."

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