Engineering & Construction

Since it first opened in 1987, Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) subway system has expanded continuously. And this is no small achievement, as subway construction in Singapore is a significant challenge. For example, there is the difficulty of building underground in a densely populated island city-state with a total area of 724.2 square kilometers – not much larger than […]

Samsung C&T announced on Sept. 30 that it has received a letter of award to build Meghnaghat Combined Cycle Power Plant from the project’s client Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power Limited. An agreement-signing ceremony concerning the Meghnaghat Combined Cycle Power Plant is held on September 30 between representatives of Samsung C&T and Reliance Bangladesh LNG […]

Ultra-high-rise buildings act as landmarks across the world. Think of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the Shanghai Tower and New York’s One World Trade Center. Samsung C&T has extensive experience constructing such skyscrapers, including the Burj Khalifa, which was completed in 2010 and remains the world’s tallest building at 828m. The company’s Engineering & Construction Group was […]

The summer travel season is upon us again and vacationers are taking to the skies in greater numbers than ever before. In fact, Korea’s Incheon International Airport just broke its single-day record on Aug. 4 when it recorded 233,689 passengers served. It is to be expected, of course, as Incheon airport has come in on […]

The winners of this year’s Samsung C&T Site Photo Contest are in and we have some spectacular snapshots of the company’s construction projects around the world. Participants captured images of their colleagues in an amazingly diverse range of situations, whether persevering under the blazing sun, working high in the sky, or enjoying a moment of […]

With a booming global market for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the challenge for construction companies has been keeping up, which involves building facilities such as LNG terminals and storage tanks to cope with the supply-demand cycle. One of the very interesting focal points of LNG growth has been South and Southeast Asia. Indeed, LNG demand in those […]

Samsung C&T (KL) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Samsung C&T Corporation on June 28 received the Letter of Award for the construction of a podium building for Lot L, L1 and M, Kuala Lumpur City Centre (“KLCC”) from Arah Moden Sdn Bhd, a whollyowned subsidiary of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd. The awarded contract amount is […]

Marble has been prized for thousands of years as an expression of luxury and the material that helped produce some of the world’s greatest artistic sculptures. Like fine wines, marble varieties and their features have become strongly associated with their locations. One such example is statuario marble, which can only be quarried in the Italian […]

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort,” Jane Austen wrote in her 1815 novel Emma. That may ring true for many people, but it does not mean that every house or apartment offers the comfort of home. That kind of comfort is made up not only of furniture but also memories – […]

When South Korea announced the commercial launch of 5G technology in early April, it was widely reported as the first country to do so. The technology has been hailed for its capacity to offer data speeds around 20 times faster than its 4G predecessor, meaning movie downloads can be measured in seconds and average latency is down to 1 ms […]