Engineering & Construction

In the middle of a career as a geotechnical engineer
June 4, 2021
When building highways, railways, subways, or other civil engineering projects, geotechnical engineers are indispensable. Seok Jeong-woo is one such geotechnical engineer for Samsung C&T’s Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group with 19 years of work experience both in- and outside Korea. In this article, Seok shares some of the things he has experienced and learned while […]

Constructing safely and stably under Singapore
May 21, 2021
On March 26, Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group won the contract to build a section of the Cross Island Line in Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. This line, the eighth in the MRT system, connects the eastern and western parts of Singapore, and this section, dubbed the CR112 project, consists of an interchange station […]

Building safer workplaces with construction robots
April 28, 2021
Since the world’s first industrial robot was introduced in a mid-20th-century factory, robots have been developed and have evolved for various purposes such as manufacturing, medical treatment, and exploration. The advantage of a robot is its ability to carry out tasks that humans find too difficult and go places where humans cannot fit or move safely. Until […]

Stop-work authority: Workers’ right to improve on-site safety
April 8, 2021
Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group is participating in a wide variety of projects both in Korea and overseas, such as buildings, infrastructure, power plants, and residential complexes. While the thing being built is always different, the most important value to be put first is the same at any site: safety. This is why […]

Samsung C&T wins exclusive LNG project in Qatar
March 22, 2021
In Qatar, Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group exclusively won a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export base project worth KRW 1.85 trillion. Ordered by Qatar Petroleum, a state-owned oil company, the project is to build storage and loading facilities for LNG export. Qatar is the biggest producer of LNG in the world, and is […]

Piloti Gardens: Removing boundary between indoor and outdoor spaces
March 10, 2021
The tendency of people to stay in or near their homes has increased since the pandemic started early last year. Residents’ needs to do everything “at home” has expanded to outdoor spaces around the living space. This in turn has led to a greater importance of good landscaping in apartment complexes. The Samsung C&T Engineering […]

Raemian’s AI technology brings the future to life today
March 4, 2021
In countless science-fiction movies and novels, indispensable elements of future society are robots that make people’s lives easier and machines that learn by themselves. Such scenes that were only possible in human imagination just a few years ago are now becoming reality thanks to the developments of the fourth industrial revolution, such as 5G telecommunications, […]

Construction’s solid foundation of technological experts
February 10, 2021
“Construction” is not simply making a building, but rather it’s about creating the “space” that surrounds us. This is the reason why the construction industry needs experts in a wide variety of fields. The Construction Tech Group of Samsung C&T’s Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group employs professionals in such fields as concrete, environmental friendliness, noise […]

For accident-free construction sites: Stronger safety awareness
February 2, 2021
On a construction worksite, thorough and effective safety protocols make the difference between a safe workplace and an unsafe one. While modern technology can greatly improve the safeness of a site, it’s also important to properly train people and instill a strong culture of doing things safely. In the previous article, we saw how Samsung C&T […]

For accident-free construction sites: Risk-reducing platforms
January 26, 2021
On a building site, countless workers and pieces of equipment are active at once, carrying out multiple construction processes simultaneously, all in real time. To protect the life and limb of all the human workers and to allow the different moving parts to interact with each other in the same physical space smoothly and without […]