SK Ecoplant Hosts Contest for New Technologies in Eco-friendly, Energy, and Smart Construction

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] SK Ecoplant (formerly SK Construction) announced on the 8th that it will hold the construction technology contest "ConTech Meetup Day" for domestic companies and startups.

ConTech is a compound word of Construction and Technology, referring to innovative technologies that enhance productivity in construction processes by utilizing 4th industrial revolution technologies such as automation and digitalization.

This contest is the second event following the successfully concluded ConTech Meetup Day last year, and it is expected to allow for a broader and more detailed recruitment. Public institutions and professional consulting firms such as the Research & Development Special Zone Promotion Foundation, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology Smart Construction Support Center, and Technology and Value will jointly participate in this contest.

The scope of participants is also expanding. In the "immediately applicable technology" category, any domestic company can apply, while the "joint R&D technology" category is open only to small and medium-sized enterprises and startups.

The detailed recruitment technologies include four categories: ▲Eco-friendly (new materials, rebar substitutes, platforms) ▲Energy (CCUS, ESS technology, solar cells, green hydrogen, offshore wind floating bodies) ▲Smart Construction & DT (BIM design) ▲Cost reduction, construction period shortening, construction method improvement, and quality.

Applications will be accepted via email from the 8th until the 30th, and detailed information can be found on the SK Ecoplant website. An online briefing session on the recruitment guidelines will be held at 2 p.m. on September 15. After document review and presentation evaluation, the final winners will be announced in November.

Awarded companies will receive various benefits such as business division collaboration and joint research and development according to the technology field, support for technology development costs, and provision of technology consulting.

Through the first ConTech Meetup Day held last year, SK Ecoplant selected excellent technologies in six joint R&D fields and four immediately applicable fields. The "BIM-based Earthwork Estimation Automation System" by Changsoft I&I, selected as an excellent technology, is planned to be applied at actual SK Ecoplant sites, and Sebo MEC's "Welding Spatter Prevention and Work Improvement" technology is currently undergoing pilot testing for field application.

Kim Gwanyong, head of SK Ecoplant SCM Group, said, "We expect to discover technologies that can realize new businesses such as eco-friendly and energy through this contest," and added, "We will actively practice technological cooperation for mutual growth with small and medium-sized enterprises and startups in the future."

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