"Making Construction Sites Safe and Smart" Hyundai Doosan Infracore Signs MOU with SK Ecoplant

Building an Integrated Smart Construction Platform Using 'SiteCloud'
"Integrating Digital Technology into Construction Sites to Become a Game Changer"

Hyundai Doosan Infracore is demonstrating the integrated smart construction platform 'Site Cloud' that it developed.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hye-young] Hyundai Doosan Infracore is taking the lead in establishing smart construction sites by partnering with SK Ecoplant.

On the 23rd, Hyundai Doosan Infracore announced on the 24th that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 'Mutual Cooperation in Smart Construction Technology' with SK Ecoplant at its global R&D center headquarters in Dong-gu, Incheon. This is the first time that a domestic construction machinery company and a major construction firm have jointly pursued advanced development and demonstration cooperation projects for smart construction technology.

Through this MOU, Hyundai Doosan Infracore and SK Ecoplant agreed to jointly promote the advancement and on-site demonstration of smart construction technologies aimed at improving construction productivity, safety, and quality innovation.

First, Hyundai Doosan Infracore will advance technology using the cloud-based integrated smart construction platform 'Site Cloud.' This includes enhancing platform technologies such as digital twin technology that replicates construction sites in a virtual environment, earthwork volume analysis, control, and work management, as well as developing new functions. Automated systems such as 3D machine guidance, which enable information linkage between on-site equipment and the platform, will also be applied.

SK Ecoplant plans to provide on-site data, construction know-how, and VOC (Voice of Customer) to ensure that smart construction technology is applied accurately in actual sites, as well as to establish technology demonstration test sites. Through this, both companies expect to lead the digitalization of the construction industry, enhancing productivity and safety.

The advanced smart construction technology developed through this cooperation will also be applied to sites operated by SK Ecoplant in the future.

Hyundai Doosan Infracore and SK Ecoplant officials are signing a memorandum of understanding for mutual cooperation in smart construction technology. From the right, Yoonseok Lee, Executive Director of Strategy and Planning Division at Hyundai Doosan Infracore; Dongwook Lee, Vice President of the Technology Institute; Hyosik Jang, Head of Eco Infrastructure OXG at SK Ecoplant; Jaeyeon Jo, Head of the DT Group.

This collaboration between the two companies is a proactive response to the growing global need for digitalization of construction sites due to labor shortages, reduced working hours, and ongoing safety accidents. According to the 'Smart Construction Global Insight' released by the Smart Construction Business Group, the global smart construction market size is expected to reach $1.6 trillion (approximately 1,900 trillion KRW) by 2025, accounting for 10% of the total market.

Lee Dong-wook, Vice President of the Technology Center at Hyundai Doosan Infracore, stated, "Cloud platform-based smart construction technology is the key to transforming construction sites through digitalization," adding, "The more advanced smart construction technology developed through this cooperation will be an innovative technology that acts as a game changer."

Jang Hyo-sik, Head of Eco Infrastructure OXG at SK Ecoplant, said, "Smart construction technology helps precisely predict various variables that may occur on actual sites and greatly contributes to improving productivity and safety," and added, "By applying smart construction technology from the design stage of development projects through technical cooperation with Hyundai Doosan Infracore, we expect to dramatically enhance smart technology capabilities in the construction industry."

Meanwhile, 'Site Cloud,' developed by Hyundai Doosan Infracore, is the only integrated smart construction platform in Korea, launched in 2020. It shortens the earthwork volume calculation period from several tens of days to a few days by conducting 3D surveying of construction sites using drones, and improves the work productivity of novice operators by 40% through excavation automation technology.

Site Cloud has won the top prize twice consecutively at the 'Smart Construction Challenge' hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and is scheduled to make its global debut at CES 2022 next year.

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