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.

Read the full story to learn how HDX leveraged the BOM data in DELMIA to facilitate digital pre-assembly.