Since its launch in 2000, the Smart Construction R&D Group, a large nation-led construction R&D group, has focused on the practical use and field application of development technology to promote digital transformation of construction projects and help companies enter global market based on accumulated digital capabilities.

The method for predicting construction accident cost developed so far classified the total accident cost into the direct loss cost and indirect loss cost, and use the ratio between the costs to determine indirect cost, which is relatively hard to calculate.

In Korea, the domestic construction industry accounts for only 15.4% of the total number of workers in all industries as of 2018, but the number of accidents in construction industry took 27.6% (27,686), and the death toll was 570, the highest among all industries.