POSCO E&C Holds Smart Safety Technology Exchange Meeting

POSCO E&C announced on the 2nd that it held the Smart Construction Alliance 'Smart Safety Technology Exchange Meeting' at the Incheon Songdo Global R&D Center on the 30th of last month.

The scene of the Smart Safety Technology Exchange Meeting held by POSCO E&C on the 30th of last month. / Photo by POSCO E&C

The Smart Construction Alliance is a consultative body launched in July last year with the participation of industry, academia, research institutes, and government agencies under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to discuss ways to expand smart construction and key issues. Over 300 private companies lead the discussions, while academia, research institutes, and public institutions collaborate to produce effective results.

This technology exchange meeting was hosted by POSCO E&C, which serves as the chair of the 'Smart Safety' division among the six technical committees within the consultative body. About 50 people from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), the Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation, and construction companies gathered.

The attendees discussed the demand and supply sides of smart safety equipment to negotiate technology adoption and pilot application at construction sites for commercialization. In particular, POSCO E&C conducted experiential learning at its recently renewed safety education facility, the 'Smart Safety Academy,' sharing safety education methods and know-how on utilizing smart equipment technology. Going forward, based on the discussions at the exchange meetings, outstanding sites and technologies will be selected to provide opportunities for business expansion and promotion.

A POSCO E&C official stated, "We plan to continuously promote the establishment of classification systems, utilization plans, and technical standards for smart safety equipment, as well as the mandatory use of smart safety equipment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation, so that smart safety technology can be established throughout the domestic construction industry."

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