Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Holds Public Hearing for Establishing the '7th Basic Plan for Construction Technology Promotion'

Official Announcement Scheduled for Early Next Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Kim] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 7th that it plans to hold a public hearing on the 8th at the Construction Hall to establish the "7th Basic Plan for Construction Technology Promotion."

This public hearing is open to all citizens without a separate application, and a real-time online live broadcast will also be conducted. It can be accessed through the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology website or watched live on YouTube.

The Basic Plan for Construction Technology Promotion is a plan in which the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport presents the policy direction for construction technology every five years in accordance with the Construction Technology Promotion Act.

To establish the 7th Basic Plan, the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has been conducting research since December last year and has prepared a draft basic plan through the operation of subcommittees involving experts from industry, academia, and research in five fields. The target fields are △Smart Construction △Engineering △Safety and Environment △Human Resources △R&D and Data.

The draft basic plan will present five major promotion strategies and 15 key tasks along with the core theme of "Digital Transformation." The themes include △Realizing smart construction through digital transformation △Enhancing the competitiveness of the construction engineering industry △Ensuring safety of construction works and facilities that citizens can trust △Fostering construction technicians including youth △Advancing the construction industry through core technology development and data openness.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to hold relay meetings with related organizations such as associations and academic societies to collect opinions, then revise and supplement the draft basic plan, and after consultations with related ministries and review by the Central Construction Technology Deliberation Committee, finalize and announce the 7th Basic Plan for Construction Technology Promotion early next year.

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