Paving the way for autonomous construction

Today, a typical construction site might see workers doing manual work, operating machinery or surveying a build. The future of the construction industry will most likely look very different: robotics equipment remotely controlled from homes or offices, autonomous construction machinery or vehicles carrying out tasks based on the results of simulation and entire operations driven by virtual twin technology. This is the vision of Korea-based manufacturer of industrial equipment components HD Hyundai XiteSolution (HDX), the holding company of HD Hyundai Infracore (HDI) and HD Hyundai Construction Equipment (HCE).

To achieve its vision and represent the very best of Korea’s construction industry, HDX needed to foster greater synergy between its two subsidiaries HDI and HCE, which design and manufacture construction equipment, engines, attachments, utility apparatus and more.

“We are striving for integrated procurement and platform design so that we can design anywhere and build anywhere,” said Keewan Park, HDX’s vice president and ICT division lead. “This means integrating the two companies’ entire product development processes and data management systems.”

HDX’s aim is to create a common global product development management (GPDM) system that can assimilate the design, product lifecycle management (PLM) and bill of materials (BOM) management capabilities of the two companies.

The solution provider that will help HDX achieve its aims? Dassault Systèmes.

A platform for synergy

HDI was already using Dassault Systèmes software as its GPDM system – and Heeyoung Kim, HDX’s general manager, was impressed with what it was achieving. “We were particularly excited by Dassault Systèmes’ next-generation design, product lifecycle management (PLM) and bill of materials (BOM) management capabilities,” Kim said. “Its solutions are widely used in construction and manufacturing, so we knew it could deliver what we needed. At the same time, choosing a solution HDI had already implemented would mean less integration and compatibility issues. It would minimize the changes, risks and costs that may occur by adopting a completely new system.”

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