Lotte Engineering & Construction announced on the 21st that it has established a new 'Safety Innovation Division' under the safety and health management headquarters to eradicate serious accidents through the advancement of safety management based on smart construction technology.
The newly established 'Safety Innovation Division' consists of three teams, including the new 'PSS (Safety Paradigm Shift) TFT', and the existing 'AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) TFT' and 'Technical Safety Support Team'.
It plans to develop and apply smart construction technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and drones to reduce risks in high-risk tasks. Through this, it aims to promote safety innovation activities together with the existing safety and health division and fundamentally eliminate the possibility of safety accidents.
'PSS TFT' will apply methods such as pre-cast concrete (PC) and off-site construction (OSC), while 'AGI TFT' will discover and introduce smart safety management technologies such as AI, robots, drones, and the Internet of Things (IoT) after research and development. The 'Technical Safety Support Team' will apply accident prevention solutions in the technical safety field to the field and also develop educational content on technical safety to train field workers.
Previously, Lotte Engineering & Construction has strengthened the capability of dedicated safety personnel and management by forming a safety and health management headquarters centered around the Chief Safety Officer (CSO). In 2023, it established a safety situation center at its headquarters to enhance a field-centered, effective safety management system by monitoring blind spots at construction sites nationwide through real-time CCTV from various angles.
An official from Lotte Engineering & Construction noted, "We established the 'Safety Innovation Division' to strengthen safety management by deploying smart construction technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and drones in high-risk work areas. Through this, we aim to reduce risks in high-risk tasks, eliminate the possibility of safety accidents, and eradicate serious accidents."