Hyundai Construction Introduces Augmented Reality Technique for "Construction Quality Management Innovation"

Development of BIM-based 'AR Quality Management Platform' and 'AR Construction and Maintenance System'
Improving Construction Quality Management and Inspection Productivity, Applied to Civil Engineering Land Development Sites

A Hyundai Construction employee wearing an AR wearable device, checking the construction location and work environment.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] Hyundai Engineering & Construction is launching construction site quality control using BIM-based AR technology.

The construction industry involves various complex trades, making it difficult to fully understand the work environment and details before construction. Traditional quality inspection methods, where workers check each item manually, also have a risk of errors, which can affect the overall project cost and schedule.

To overcome these limitations in construction, Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced on the 29th that it has officially introduced AR quality management technology at construction sites to improve accessibility to BIM data.

Self-developed BIM-based 'AR Quality Management Platform'

First, Hyundai Engineering & Construction developed its own BIM-based 'AR Quality Management Platform' to enhance construction quality control and inspection productivity. Through this platform, users can easily access BIM data to intuitively understand the work environment and details at construction sites, and perform quality inspections more accurately and efficiently than traditional methods.

Optimized BIM data was used to create an application compatible with Microsoft’s AR wearable device ‘Hololens’ and tablet PCs. This application offers features such as object information verification, length measurement, and 3D model manipulation (move, copy, scale, rotate, model filter, hide). By augmenting 3D models onto actual buildings, it effectively predicts post-construction quality.

Last year, the ‘AR Quality Management Platform’ was pilot-applied at the Hillstate Hoam (Chungju) site, verifying its excellence, and expansion to Korea University Anam Convergence Medical Center is underway. For overseas projects, the technology has been proposed for major bidding projects in Singapore, Qatar, and others, responding to client demands for smart construction technology.

A BIM-based 'AR Construction and Maintenance System' utilized to implement AR construction guides for aboveground and underground facilities.

Application of ‘AR Construction and Maintenance System’ at Civil Engineering Residential Development Site

Hyundai Engineering & Construction is jointly developing a BIM-based ‘AR Construction and Maintenance System’ using 3D surveying technology with computer programming service company Movements Co., Ltd.

Using this system, AR construction guides for underground facilities such as water supply and sewage, as well as above-ground facilities like streetlights, manholes, and signboards, will be implemented to improve work speed and accuracy and actively utilized for construction quality management. Additionally, inspection information built during construction using AR will be transferred to clients for facility maintenance purposes.

The technology was successfully verified at the civil engineering residential development site ‘Busan Eco Delta City Section 2-3,’ and will be expanded to Section 3-3.

A Hyundai Engineering & Construction official stated, "We are developing BIM-based AR quality management technology further to expand its application to safety inspections and maintenance," adding, "Hyundai Engineering & Construction will continue to actively introduce Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) on-site to enhance quality and productivity."

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