DL E&C's National Sejong Arboretum Awarded the Prime Minister's Award at the Korea Landscape Awards

The traditional garden within the National Sejong Arboretum, awarded the Prime Minister's Award at the '2022 Korea Landscape Awards'.

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Kim] DL E&C announced on the 5th that the National Sejong Arboretum, the first urban arboretum in Korea, won the Prime Minister's Award at the '2022 Korea Landscape Awards.'

Now in its 13th year, the Korea Landscape Awards is an event jointly hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korean Society of Landscape Architecture. It aims to discover landscape projects that contribute to creating a pleasant national environment and national development. The award winners are selected through a comprehensive evaluation of landscape policies and practical cases based on the submitted works.

DL E&C submitted the National Sejong Arboretum to this year's event and won the Prime Minister's Award. It received high scores in all stages: the first document screening, the second on-site inspection and public participation evaluation, and the third final evaluation. The award ceremony was held on the 31st of last month at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

The National Sejong Arboretum was constructed by DL E&C starting in 2016 and completed in 2020, about four years later. It is Korea's first urban arboretum created to provide citizens with green spaces for health, leisure, and cultural activities. The arboretum, located in the central green space of Sejong City, covers an area of 65 hectares, equivalent to 90 soccer fields.

Through the successful completion of the National Sejong Arboretum, DL E&C demonstrated top-level competitiveness in the landscaping field. Last year, it additionally secured the construction contract for the National Saemangeum Arboretum and is currently building it. The National Saemangeum Arboretum will be established on a 151-hectare coastal reclaimed land in the Saemangeum district of Gimje City, Jeonbuk Province.

Meanwhile, DL E&C participated in the IFLA Landscape and Garden Expo held together with the Korea Landscape Awards from the 31st of last month to the 2nd of this month at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center, showcasing its landscaping technology. DL E&C was the only construction company participating in this event.

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