Engineering & Construction

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 […]

Building a future for gas with LNG Terminals

January 15, 2021

In today’s energy industry, power comes from many sources. One major source is natural gas, making up almost a quarter – 23 percent, to be exact – of global energy demand. It’s widely used for electricity generation as well as in domestic cooking and heating. Natural gas is buried deep beneath the soil in a gaseous […]

Gateways to Korea: Connecting Korea and the world

December 22, 2020

A nation’s main airport and the infrastructure that connects it to the capital city act as a kind of welcoming gateway to new visitors. The first places a new arrival usually sees upon entering a country are the inside of its airport and the road or rail link to the nearest urban center. In this […]

Exchanging expert hats: An interview with Jeong Seong-ung

December 8, 2020

In his 2008 book “Outliers,” author Malcolm Gladwell popularized the idea that 10,000 hours of practice in any area of expertise is the “magical number of greatness” that will turn a novice in a field into an expert. In this rule, what’s more important than just the number “10,000” is that in order to gain […]

Landscaping: More than just a good-looking garden

November 18, 2020

Humans have evolved to find nature and greenery pleasing to the eye. This is why, when we erect a building, the landscape around the new structure receives almost as much attention as the building itself. Landscaping has been defined as the process of making a garden or other piece of land more attractive by altering the existing […]

Samsung C&T E&C Group bags awards in 6 categories at Singapore LTA’s ASAC

November 3, 2020

Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (E&C) Group netted awards from Singapore’s Land & Transport Authority (LTA) for workplace safety and health excellence in no less than 6 categories at the 2020 Annual Safety, Health and Environmental Award Convention (ASAC). Since 1999, ASAC has recognized contractors for being “proactive and successful in promoting workplace safety and health management […]