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Building a project management system

for large-scale construction

Groundbreaking ceremony for the
construction of Incheon Airport
1992.11.12.

The Incheon Airport construction project was an unprecedented, large-scale public development, individual systems for progress management, cost management,
construction project for the Korean government. The project took more than 8 and contract management were completed. In addition, the Authority laid the
years and cost KRW 5.6 trillion, excluding private projects. It encompassed a wide foundation for effective system operations by making compliance with the

range of fields, including civil engineering, architecture, machinery, electricity, construction project management system a contractual obligation and providing
and information technology, all of which posed significant technical challenges. relevant training. These endeavors enabled the stable operation of Incheon Airport’s
To efficiently manage the project’s construction, the government introduced construction project management system, contributing significantly to changing
a construction project management system, the first such system applied to a perceptions of construction project management systems in Korea. Indeed, in July

public project in Korea excluding nuclear power plants. The development of the 1997, when Incheon Airport was under construction, the Framework Act on the
construction project management system was accelerated with the launch of the Construction Industry was enacted, leading to the wider adoption of construction
Korea Airport Construction Authority in November 1994. After about 2 years of project management systems across the Korean construction market.

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