Top Builder in all Phases
of Construction
- Construction Division of Samsung Corp. building world's tallest building
over 700 meters high

Samsung Corp. led the growth of national economy in the last century as the parent company for Samsung Group and in the 21st century, it has been creating a new paradigm taking part in the national effort to enter the age of $20,000 per capita income putting the country in the list of advanced countries.
Samsung Corp.'s construction division headed by President Lee Sang-dae topped the construction industry becoming the top builder in terms of the construction project undertaking capacity in 2004 for the first time in 27 years of its operation and strives to become a world-class first-rate builder in the world.
It acquired the technology for building top-class semiconductor and LCD high-tech plant and production process. In December last year, the company became the builder for 160-story and 700 meter tall "Burj Dubai Tower", setting a record of building three tallest buildings in the world including the Taiwan Financial Center and the Petronas Building in Kuala Lumpur and winning the world recognition for its top technology and know-how.
The company also won the right to undertake the construction of the second Yon-yuk Bridge, the longest bridge in the country and the third longest in the world in Yongjong Island. The company has also been building its Remian brand apartments, which won the National Customer Satisfaction Index(NCSI) for 7 years in a row since first building an apartment in Mapo, Seoul in 1994.
In the area of the nuclear power plant construction, the company won the order for New Wolsong nuclear power plants Nos.1&2 in June, 2003, which will have the company undertake the construction of the entire process of building the No.1 plant including its core facility, Nuclear Steam Supply System. The company has already completed the construction of the No.5 nuke plant of the Ulchin nuclear power plants Nos.5&6 in July last year, making the company to become an independent builder of nuclear power plant in 13 years since it entered the nuclear power plant construction sector in 1991.
Samsung Corp.'s construction division introduced "quality management environment" for the first time in the country in 1994 and last year, it also set up a risk management system extending from getting orders to completion of projects, safeguarding risks in bidding contracts and process of building before hand. nw