[Let's Run Again Construction Korea] Actively Utilizing Digital Platform 'RPMS' for Collaboration with Partners

Applied at 6 Sites... Digitalization of Entire On-Site Processes from Design to Production and Construction, Proactive Response to Various Variables

The construction site of the 'Lotte Yangsan Integrated Logistics Center' being developed by Lotte Construction in 159-25, Yusan-dong, Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam. Lotte Construction has applied RPMS to this site as well as five other project sites.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Lotte Construction, which has strengths in smart construction technology, is actively utilizing it even when performing joint work with partner companies. Among them, the digital platform ‘RPMS (Realtime Precast-concrete Management System)’, which digitalizes the collaboration system with partner companies to improve work productivity, is representative.

RPMS, jointly developed by Lotte Construction and Yeonwoo PC Engineering since 2018, targets the precast concrete method, one of the off-site construction methods where single components (beams, columns, slabs) are manufactured in a factory and then assembled on-site to complete the building. This system allows designers, manufacturers, and construction sites to share work and information through a single platform from the design stage to manufacturing and construction.

By using this system, all information necessary for site management tasks is digitized, and digital data is utilized for design review, component history management, construction planning, and quantity calculation tasks, thereby increasing accuracy. Previously, efficient construction management for each project relied on the know-how of experienced personnel, but since applying RPMS, digitalized data is preserved even after site completion, enabling the database of construction capabilities and know-how. To this end, an electronic tag (RFID) that can be embedded in concrete components was also developed, establishing a component history management system through sensors.

Lotte Construction has applied RPMS to a total of six sites so far to test core functions. It is also digitizing various data generated in the business process. Additionally, the program modules are being updated to actively respond to the various unique variables of construction sites, maximizing the expansion of the digitalization scope of construction management tasks and the application effects.

Work digitalization can also improve communication systems between institutions. Research shows that costs wasted due to reduced interoperability caused by lack of communication between related institutions in the construction industry account for 30% of the total project cost. Lotte Construction plans to maximize communication capabilities necessary for project operation by utilizing the digital platform and develop advanced communication technology by integrating cutting-edge IT using the digital data accumulated so far.

A Lotte Construction official said, "The first step of ‘Digital Transformation (DT)’ that digitizes information generated in industrial sites is data collection and digitization based on current processes," adding, "In preparation for the paradigm shift from site-centered construction methods to off-site methods, we will digitize and develop data from various construction projects going forward."

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