Hyundai Engineering & Construction (000720.KS) said Thursday it will begin full-scale operation of field-oriented safety programs aimed at eliminating blind spots in construction site safety.
The program consists of four areas: a mobile safety culture experience education, selection of foreign leaders and expansion of multilingual mobile communication, safety leadership training and consulting for executives of small and mid-sized partner companies, and the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)-based smart safety equipment at worksites.
At the core is the newly introduced "Mobile Safety Culture Experience Center." The traveling experiential training program uses a dedicated vehicle and combines experiential content with virtual reality (VR) equipment, focused on major high-risk work categories including rigging, confined spaces, electrical work and construction equipment. The first training session was held on the 16th at the Gwangmyeong 11R redevelopment site, and the program plans to tour about 100 worksites nationwide, training up to 150 workers per day.
The company is also strengthening its communication system with foreign workers. The "Time-Out Talk" program, which provides immediate customized training when unsafe behavior is identified, will be applied at all worksites, with 35 categories of training content offered in 22 languages. This year, Hyundai E&C has established a foreign leader system, selecting four workers from China, Myanmar, Vietnam and Uzbekistan, and will also utilize multilingual safety status boards.
Support for safety management at small and mid-sized partner companies will also be expanded. For about 200 partner companies, the firm will conduct executive safety leadership training alongside safety consulting, linked to a partner safety grading system under which incentives are accumulated based on safety performance and deducted when standards are violated.
The application of smart and AI safety technologies will also broaden. Following the introduction of remotely operated tower cranes at worksites earlier this year, the company will expand support for AI-based safety equipment, including the joint development of smart excavators.
"We will organically link education, experience, incentives and smart technology to strengthen the field-centered prevention system and continue to promote the establishment of an autonomous safety culture," a Hyundai E&C official said.
