Hyundai Engineering, GS E&C 'very poor' in safety management: gov't

Hyundai Engineering and GS E&C received “very poor” ratings in a government safety management assessment conducted on agencies and contractors involved in public construction projects. The two builders are among 19 Korean construction firms rated in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's on-site safety management evaluation of project managers, construction firms and contractors in 2025. The two major builders scored below 40 out of 100 and were categorized the lowest in the five-grade rating system. The annual evaluation by the government, using a score-based grading system, lowers a score by one grade when a firm saw up to two workers' deaths at construction sites during the year. Two grades were deducted for up to four deaths, three grades for up to six deaths and those with seven or more deaths received the lowest grade. Hyundai Engineering saw at least seven deaths last year at construction sites, including a new highway connecting Sejong and Anseong and apartment projects in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. Work sites run by GS E&C also saw multiple deaths in BusanWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times