Engineering & Construction

In downtown Seoul, few structures demand the respect and admiration that the Samsung C&T built Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) does. The groundbreaking design by famed architect Zaha Hadid – the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize – together with the imagination of Samsung C&T, helped transform an old baseball diamond into a modern fashion hub […]

Singapore residents are no strangers to high-rise buildings. Indeed, the city has a plethora of skyscrapers in its famous Marina Bay area, and in the greater Downtown Core district. So for older Singapore hands, it may come as a surprise to hear that the city’s newest super-high building is to be found due south of […]

Samsung C&T Receives Stakeholder Communications Award from HK Public Relations Professionals’ Association Positive relationships with the client, the local community, the workers, and other stakeholders Building a safe site through proactive and transparent communication SEOUL, Korea – May 31, 2017 – Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group’s (CEO Chi Hun Choi) SCL C1109 project in Hong […]

Urban skylines are growing upward. But as global city-dwellers continue to reach for the skies, constructors have now begun asking themselves how to best use the spaces between skyscrapers. Instead of just building up, they are now building across – and installing walkways to connect some of the tallest buildings in the world. In many […]

Is the day coming when the mobile phone replaces the mortar trowel as the most important tool on the building site? The idea may sound farfetched to some. But to those at the very forefront of construction IT innovation, recent developments have made it appear very plausible indeed – and arriving sooner than we think. […]

In March 2016, Samsung C&T announced it had won a $610 million contract to build the Thomson Line T313 subway station in Singapore, which is just the latest in a long line of projects the company has undertaken in the island nation. The Thomson Line T313 station project is a particularly challenging task, requiring a 1,200m […]

Green building is no longer a mere buzzword in the construction world. Contractors are having to adapt fast to meet the needs of customers and governments who want their homes and offices to be both sustainable and eco-friendly. For example, McGraw Hill claims that in 2005, only two percent of new residential construction projects were green. By […]

Poor air quality is making for troubling news headlines everywhere. China is currently looking for solutions to its well-documented smog crisis, with India also hoping to take measures to curb its worsening pollution issues. But air pollution goes well beyond the fast-industrializing mega economies of Asia. Countries like the UK are currently experiencing crisis-level pollution. In fact, the UK […]

In order to meet the city-state’s growing energy needs, the Singapore government in 2012 unveiled details of its plans to build a 35km subterranean network of cable tunnels, allowing for more effective energy distribution from power stations to Singapore’s financial district, the downtown area and a whole host of residential areas. To get the job […]

Infrastructure spending is up everywhere. This is especially true in the United States, where President Trump has promised to boost civil spending. And as the first quarter of 2017 draws to a close, this is already shaping up to be a very big year for global infrastructure development. Here are seven structures the world is likely […]