Hyundai E&C Introduces Automatic Instrumentation System to Prevent Accidents at Construction Sites

This photo taken on April 4, 2021, shows firefighters rescuing workers buried in the wreckage of a wooden building during the reinforcement work in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, said Tuesday that it had developed an automatic monitoring system to manage the status of temporary structures and ground conditions at construction sites in real-time to prevent collapses.

Currently, temporary structures at construction sites go through manual instrumentation twice a week, requiring a separate analysis procedure to decide upon possible defects.

This method causes delays that make it difficult to anticipate risks and respond immediately when there are issues.

As part of efforts to root out the problems, Hyundai E&C developed a smart automatic instrumentation and monitoring systemthat uses a cloud-based program and automatic instrumentation sensors set up at construction sites to monitor the stability of temporary structures in real-time and prevent accidents.

The system is synced to the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) Safety System to exchange real-time data and conduct data analysis and organization automatically.

Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)