On the 19th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it will hold a public offering for the "Smart Construction Alliance Technology Verification Support Project" aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises with smart construction technology to provide opportunities for technology verification.
This year marks the second year of the technology verification support project, which helps small and medium-sized enterprises and startups that possess smart construction technologies, products, and services but face difficulties in verification, to verify their technologies on actual construction sites of large and mid-sized corporations through collaboration with the Smart Construction Alliance. The Smart Construction Alliance is a consortium led by corporations related to smart construction, supported by academia, research institutes, and the public. As of last month, 347 member companies are participating.
All small and medium-sized enterprises with innovative technologies related to smart construction that can improve productivity at construction sites or prevent safety accidents, such as automated robots that assist with repetitive or hazardous tasks for construction workers, or systems that digitize designs or analyze them through artificial intelligence (AI), can apply.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to expand the number of support targets this year to select around 15 projects. It will support verification expenses of up to 15 million won per project.
This year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will also introduce a demand-based type to investigate the technologies desired by large construction companies within the Smart Construction Alliance for public offering. This is to expand more effective support based on on-site demand.
The 10 corporations selected for the technology verification support project last year have all completed their on-site verification. Chuncheon Co., which developed the robot "AUTONG" that automatically drives along road lines and drills automatically, participated in the 2025 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) after verification and won an innovation award.
Corporations wishing to apply can submit the application form attached to the announcement via email from the 20th to the 5th of next month.
Kim Tae-byeong, Director of Technology Safety Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, noted, "Through this verification support project, we hope to increase the feasibility of applying domestic smart construction technology on-site, accelerate technology commercialization, and serve as a cornerstone for expanding domestic smart construction as well as entering overseas markets."