News

2026

Jul 2026SCL received funding from the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute for planning research on a smart management system for construction site noise.
Jun 2026Dongju joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Apr 2026SCL received funding from the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology for research on revising construction standards in the building construction section.
Feb 2026Prof. Choi received the Outstanding Research Faculty Award from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.
Feb 2026JiYoon received the Outstanding Paper Award from the Dean of the Graduate School at the Graduation Ceremony of Ajou University.
Jan 2026JiYoon won the Excellent Award at the Ajou A-3MT (Three-Minute Thesis) Competition.
Jan 2026Bobin joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!

2025

Dec 2025SCL received funding from Land and Housing Cooperation for research on the Advanced Quality Management System for Precast Concrete Modular Construction.
Dec 2025SCL received funding from Ajou University for research on the Development of a Multipurpose Robotic Platform for Productivity Innovation in Construction Sites.
Dec 2025Journal paper by Yoo. J., Hwang, S., Seo, J., and Choi, B. "Feasibility of Neckband Wearable 360°Cameras for ProximityWarning System on Construction Sites " was accepted by the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
Nov 2025SCL received funding from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korea for research on next-generation modular construction core technologies for housing supply innovation.
Aug 2025SCL received funding from Ajou University for research on the Object Recognition and Path Planning Technologies for Multi-Functional Construction Robots.
Aug 2025Journal paper by Baek, J., Ban, J., Kim, D., Kim, H., and Choi, B. "Title: Dual-stream Transformer-based Activity Classification for Off-Site Construction Productivity Analysis" was accepted by Automation in Construction.
Jul 2025Journal paper by Ban, J., Kim, T., Kim, D., and Choi, B. "Experimental Study on the Feasibility of VR-generated Synthetic Data for Automated Productivity Monitoring in Modular Construction" was accepted by Automation in Construction.
Jul 2025Journal paper by Jeong, D., Hwang, S., Kim, K., Ryu, J., and Choi, B. "Assessing the Efficiency of Specialty Contractors in the Construction Industry Using DEA and Tobit Regression" was accepted by the Journal of Asian Architectural and Building Engineering.
Jul 2025Journal paper by Seo, W., Choi, B., and Kim, J. "Machine-learning algorithm for room labeling in architectural plans " was accepted by Science and Technology for Built Environment.
JulSCL received funding from Land and Housing Cooperation for research on improving housing technology standard strategy and management efficiency.
Jun 2025Hyun Jin joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
May 2025Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the 2024 Outstanding Research Faculty Award from Ajou University.
May 2025SCL received funding from the Korea Authority of Land & Infrastructure Safety for research on developing a deliverable management and verification framework to support BIM-Based Facility Management.
May 2025SCL received funding from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to promote the residential quality of modular housing.
Apr. 2025Journal paper by Lee, M., Choi, B., and Hwang. S. " Automatic method to predict visual pleasantness and unpleasantness of streetscapes and identify key microscale components for improving pedestrian environments " was accepted by Developments in Built Environment.
Mar. 2025Journal paper by Oh, J., Hong, S., Choi, B., Ham, Y., and Kim, H. " Integrating text parsing and object detection for automated monitoring of finishing works in construction projects" was accepted by Automation in Construction.
Feb 2025Prof. Choi has been selected to receive an outstanding research award from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.
Feb 2025Prof. Choi has been selected to receive an outstanding service award from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.

2024

Dec 2024SCL received funding from Korea Land and Housing Cooperation to develop standard plans for multi-family residential buildings utilizing the modular construction method.
Dec. 2024Journal paper by Saffari, S. F., Choi, B., and Kim, D."Robotization of Miniature-Scale Radio-Controlled Excavator: A New Medium for Construction-Specific DNN Data Generation" was accepted by IEEE Access.
Dec 2024Jongyeon will join Doosan E&C as a full-time construction engineer starting in December 2024. Congratulations on his new career.
Nov. 2024SCL has received funding from the Korea Land and Housing Corporation for a research initiative to develop standard plans for multi-family residential buildings utilizing modular construction technology.
Nov. 2024Hwajung has been selected to receive the Outstanding Paper award at the annual Korean Institute of Construction and Management conference. Congrats!
Nov. 2024Jiyoon has been selected to receive the Outstanding Paper award at the annual conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea. Congrats!
Oct 2024Journal paper by Hong, S., Choi, B., Ham, Y., Jeon, J., and Kim, H. "Massive-Scale construction dataset synthesis through Stable Diffusion for Machine learning training" was accepted by Advanced Engineering Informatics.
Sep 2024Minhyeok and Suhwan joined SCL as undergraduate research students. Welcome!
Sep 2024Journal paper by Kim, H., Lee, G., Ahn, H., Choi, B. "Interpretable General Thermal Comfort Model based on Physiological Data from Wearable Sensors: Light Gradient Boosting Machine and SHapley Additive exPlanations" was accepted by Building and Environment.
Aug 2024Journal paper by Bae, J., Choi, B., Krupka, E., and Lee, S. " Harnessing Project Identity and Safety Norms to Promote Construction Workers’ Safety Behavior: A Field Intervention Study" was accepted by the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE.
August 2024Prof. Choi has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor for the Smart Construction Journal.
July 2024A Journal paper by Baek, F., Kim, D., Lee, G., Choi, B., and Lee, S. "Effect of Human Emotional Responses on Human-Robot Team Productivity in Construction" was accepted by Automation in Construction.
July 2024SCL received funding from Ajou University for research on automated job hazard analysis for construction projects using a large language model
Jun 2024Hwajung was selected to receive a merit award from the LINC 3.0 Capstone Design Competition of Ajou University.
Jun 2024Jiyun and Hwajung were selected to receive a self-development overseas scholarship from the Department of Architecture at Ajou University.
May 2024The patent by Choi, B., Jeong, Y., Park, S., and Choo, H. "System for Detecting Safety Hook Fastening Based on Wearable Sensor for High Altitude SK Workers and Method Thereof" has been registered at the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
May 2024Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the 2023 Outstanding Research Faculty Award from Ajou University.
May 2024Jae Hyun has been selected to receive a scholarship for the Korea-U.S. College Students Exchange Program in High-tech Fields from the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology.
Apr 2024SCL received funding from the Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation for research on investigating support methods and strategies to enhance owners' capability in the Seoul construction industry.
Feb 2024SCL received funding from the Korea Authority of Land & Infrastructure Safety for research on the analysis of construction safety management level assessment data for predicting the risk of construction accidents.
Feb 2024Journal paper by Baek, J., Kim, D., and Choi, B. "Deep Learning-based Productivity Monitoring for On-site Module Installation in Off-site Construction" was accepted by Developments in Built Environment.
Feb 2024Journal paper by Moon, S., Kim, S., and Choi, B. "Comparative Feasibility Study of Physiological Signals from Wristband-Type Wearable Sensors to Assess Occupants' Thermal Comfort" was accepted by Energy and Buildings.
Feb 2024Prof. Choi has been selected to receive an outstanding research award from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.
Jan 2024Jae Hyun joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
2024SCL received funding from Ajou University for research on a hazard proximity monitoring system for construction sites using wearable 360-degree cameras.

2023

Dec 2023Journal paper by Kim, Y., Choi, B., Choi, M., Ahn, S., and Hwang, S. "Enhancing Pedestrian Perceived Safety through Walking Environment Modification Considering Traffic and Walking Infrastructure" was accepted by Frontiers in Public Health.
Dec 2023We are pleased to announce the public dissemination of our research on the economy of modular construction through a featured article in the esteemed Daehan Economic News. Read the full story: https://www.dnews.co.kr/uhtml/view.jsp?idxno=202312141603064650886.
Nov 2023Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the best paper award at the annual conference of the Korean Institute of Construction and Management. Congrats!
Nov 2023Jongyeon and Jiyoon have been selected to receive the outstanding paper award at the annual conference of the Korean Institute of Construction and Management. Congrats!
Sep 2023Journal paper by Choi, B. "An agent-based model of the effects of group norms and project identification on construction workers’ safety behavior" was accepted by the Journal of Construction Automation and Robotics.
May 2023Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the 2022 Outstanding Research Faculty Award from Ajou University.
Apr 2023Journal paper by Seo, W., Choi, B., Shin, D., and Kim, J. "Development of quality management system for precast concrete factories" was accepted by the Journal of Civil Engineering and Management.
Apr 2023Prof. Choi has been selected as a recipient of the "2022 Outstanding Reviewer" award by the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
Apr 2023SCL received funding from POSCO for research on the quantification of non-cost factors of modular construction.
Mar 2023Ikhwan joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Feb 2023Prof. Choi has been selected to receive an outstanding research award from the College of Engineering
Feb 2023Jongyeon was selected to receive the University President's Award in the commencement ceremony.
Jan 2023SCL joined the "Standard process improvement to advance the asset management process of LH" research project funded by LH.
2023SCL received funding from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong for research on immersive virtual-reality-based construction safety training focusing on safety-related social aspects.

2022

Dec 2022SCL received funding from Ajou University to develop an automated productivity analysis platform for Off-site Construction.
Dec 2022SCL received funding from Ajou University to develop an automated HVAC control platform using wearable biosensors and IoT sensors.
Dec 2022Journal paper by Choo, H., Lee, B., Kim, H., and Choi, B. "Automated detection of construction work at heights and deployment of safety hooks using IMU with a barometer " was accepted by Automation in Construction
Dec 2022SCL signed an MOU with the Ham Research Group at Texas A&M University, USA, and the Construction Vision Lab at the University of Toronto, Canada, to develop academic and cultural interchange in the areas of education and research.
Nov 2022Journal paper by Choo, H., Kim, J., Lee, B., and Choi, B. "Discovering Pathways to Improve Maintainability in Multifamily Residential Building Remodeling: Importance-Applicability-Analysis " was accepted by the Sustainable Cities and Society
Nov 2022SCL signed an MOU with the Attentive Hub at the University of Alberta, Canada, and the Human-Centered Intelligent System Lab at West Virginia University, USA, to develop academic and cultural interchange in the areas of education and research.
Nov 2022Prof. Choi won the best paper award at the 22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR2022) in Seoul, Korea. The title of the paper is “Emotional Response Modeling for Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction”. The co-authors are Francis Park, Prof. SangHyun Lee at the University of Michigan, Prof. Daeho Kim at the University of Toronto, and Prof. Gaang Lee at the University of Alberta.
Nov 2022Jongyeon has been selected to receive the best paper award at the annual conference of the Korean Institute of Construction Engineering and Management. Congrats!
Aug 2022SCL received funding from the Korea Post Procurement and Construction Center to develop the standard construction period for the postal office.
Jul 2022Hwajung joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Jun 2022Jongyeon and Jae Suk received the Outstanding Research Award at the 2022 Ajou Architectural Engineering Conference. Congratulations!
Jun 2022SCL joined the "Development of Installation Guidelines for Seoul Modular School Buildings " research project funded by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
May 2022Journal paper by Oh, J., Kim, H., Choi, B., and Kim, S. "Development of Energy Conservation Measures for Office Buildings by Analyzing Monthly Energy Use Patterns" was accepted by the Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea.
May 2022Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the 2021 Outstanding Research Faculty Award from Ajou University.
May 2022Journal paper by Shin, J., and Choi, B. "Design and Implementation of Quality Information Management System for Modular Construction Factory" was accepted by the Buildings.
May 2022Journal paper by Kim, T., Park, S., Choi, B., Kang, Y., Park, K., Jeong, W., and Koo, C. "A Survey of Perception Differences Among University Students, Professors, and Practitioners on the Construction Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution" was accepted by the Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
May 2022Jae Suk and Jongyeon have been selected to receive a scholarship for the Industry 4.0 Smart Production Project from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.
Apr 2022Prof. Choi has been selected as an Assistant Specialty Editor in the Organizational Issues Area in the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
Apr 2022SCL joined the "Ajou Premier 10" research project funded by Ajou University.
Mar 2022SCL joined the "Development of a digital safety watch system for deteriorated buildings in the regional areas " research project funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korea
Mar 2022Jiyun joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Feb 2022Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award from Ajou University.
Feb 2022Journal paper by Yoon, J., Kim, K., and Choi, B. "Integrated Framework for Quantifying and Applying Nonworking Days to Planning and Scheduling for Determining Reasonable Construction Time" was accepted by the Journal of Management in Engineering.
Feb 2022Journal paper by Shin, J., Moon, S., Cho, B., Hwang, S., and Choi, B. "Extended technology acceptance model to explain the mechanism of modular construction adoption" was accepted by the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Feb 2022Jiwoong will join Shinsegae E&C as a full-time construction engineer from February 2020. Congratulations on his new career.
Jan 2022Journal paper by Choi, B. and Lee, S. "The psychological mechanism of construction workers’ safety participation: The social identity theory perspective" was accepted by the Journal of Safety Research.

2021

Dec 2021SCL received funding from Ajou University for a strategic planning study on research excellence for the graduate school of the Department of Architecture.
Dec 2021SCL received funding from Ajou University to study the effects of built environments on office occupants' stress and satisfaction.
Nov 2021Hyunsang has been selected to receive the best paper award at the annual conference of the Korean Institute of Construction Engineering and Management. Congrats!
Nov 2021Yong-Woo received the first-place award in the Value Engineering competition hosted by Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation. Congrats!
Nov 2021Ye-Eun received the second-place award in the Construction Idea competition at the annual conference of the Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management. Congrats!
Nov 2021Software by Jiwoong, "Modular Construction Factory Quality Management System," was registered by the Korean Copyright Association and certified by the Software Testing and Certification Laboratory.
Nov 2021Jongyeon joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Oct 2021SCL joined the "Planning of the Development of a Guideline for School Space Design and Management Using Modular Construction" research project funded by the Korean Institute of Educational Facility Safety.
Sep 2021Heonsang and Ye Eun have been selected to receive an outstanding research award at the annual conference of the Korean Institute of Construction Safety. Congrats!
Aug 2021Yong Woo joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Jul 2021SCL began project management consulting for the Centum Sensivill Apartment remodeling project, funded by Gosan Urban Development Co., Ltd.
Jul 2021Jae Suk joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Jun 2021Software by Heonsang, "Constructability analysis program for typical floor demolition and reinforced concrete work in residential building remodeling project " was registered by the Korean Copyright Association.
Jun 2021Yeeun won the 2nd award at the 2021 Ajou Architectural Engineering Conference. Congratulations!
Jun 2021The conference proceeding by Choi, B., and Lee, S. on "Impact of the Dynamicity of Workgroup Changes on Social Influence of Construction Workers’ Safety Behaviors" was accepted by the 2021 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE2021).
Jun 2021Journal paper by Lee, M., Hwang, S., Park, Y., and Choi, B. on "Factors Affecting Bike-sharing System Demand by Inferred Trip Purpose: Integration of Clustering of Travel Patterns and Geospatial Data Analysis" was accepted by the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.
Jun 2021Journal paper by Lee, G., Choi, B., Jebelli, H., and Lee, S. on "Assessment of construction workers’ perceived risk using physiological data from wearable sensors: A machine learning approach " was accepted by the Journal of Building Engineering.
Apr 2021Prof. Choi has been selected as a 2020 Outstanding Reviewer for the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
Mar 2021Seunghyun joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!

2020

Dec 2020Journal paper by Nam, S., Yoon, J., Kim, K., and Choi, B. on "Optimization of prefabricated components in housing modular construction" was accepted by Sustainability.
Dec 2020Taejin joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Dec 2020Prof. Choi has been invited to be a guest editor for a special issue of Sustainability on "Sustainable Construction Management and Computer Simulation". For further information, please see its call.
Nov 2020Homin, Na Yeon, and Ye Eun have been selected to receive an undergraduate merit paper award from the annual conference of the Korean Institute of Construction Engineering and Management.
Oct 2020Homin, Na Yeon, and Ye Eun have been selected to receive a scholarship for the Industry 4.0 Smart Production Project from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.
Oct 2020Sungwoo has been selected to receive a scholarship for an Independent Study from the College of Engineering at Ajou University.
Sep 2020SCL received funding from Ajou University for research investigating the effects of project identification on construction workers' safety participation.
Sep 2020SCL joined the "Productivity and economic improvement of smart factory technology-based HSA400/PosMAC applied modular building construction " research project funded by POSCO.
Sep 2020SCL joined the "Development of a Special Specification and Technical Guideline for Modular Construction Projects" research project funded by Korea Land and Housing Corporation.
Sep 2020Chanyeol and Heonsang joined SCL as Master's students. Welcome!
July 2020Jinho joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Jun 2020SCL received funding from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korea for research on off-site construction technologies for the precast concrete apartment housing production system.
June 2020Na Yeon and Ye Eun joined SCL as undergraduate research students. Welcome!
June 2020Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the 2019 Outstanding Research Faculty Award (IF Division) from Ajou University.
June 2020Journal paper by Lee, G., Choi, B., Jebelli, H., Ahn, C., and Lee, S. on "Noise Reference Signal-based Denoising Method for EDA Collected by a Multimodal Wearable Biosensor from Fields" was accepted from the Journal of Computing Civil Engineering, ASCE
Apr 2020SCL joined the "Development of low-cost and high-efficiency technologies for vertical extension of residential buildings" research project funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korea to develop a framework for evaluating the constructability and maintainability of remodeling plans.
Apr 2020SCL received funding from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korea to develop a performance evaluation system for off-site construction projects.
Mar 2020SCL received funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea to develop a wearable bio-sensor-based risk monitoring system for construction sites.
Feb 2020SCL received funding from Ajou University for the Education Program for Smart Architecture System.
Feb 2020Prof. Choi has been selected to receive the 2019 Outstanding Research Faculty Award from Ajou University College of Engineering.
Feb 2020Jiwoong joined SCL as a Master's student. Welcome!
Jan 2020SCL joined the "Technical Development of Modular Construction in Mid-high Rise Building and Higher Productivity" research project funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korea to develop a quality management system for modular factories.

2019

Dec 2019Hyunwoo will join Kumho Engineering and Construction as a field engineer. Congratulations, Hyunwoo!
Dec 2019Wonchoel will join Kolon Global as a field engineer. Congratulations, Wonchoel!
Dec 2019Sungwoo and Homin joined SCL as undergraduate research students. Welcome!
Nov 2019SCL joined the "Development of Standard Construction Period for Combined Cycle Power Plant Projects" research project funded by East-West Power Co., Ltd.
Sep 2019Jiwoong joined SCL as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
Aug 2019Journal paper by Lee, G., Choi, B., Jebelli, H., Ahn, C., and Lee, S. on "Wearable Biosensor and Hotspot Analysis-based Framework to Detect Stress Hotspots for Advancing Elderly’s Mobility" was accepted by the Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE
Aug 2019Journal paper by Lee, G., Choi, B., Jebelli, H., Ahn, C., and Lee, S. on “Wearable Biosensor and Collective Sensing-based Approach for Detecting the Elderly’s Environmental Barriers” was accepted by the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE
Jul 2019Hyunwoo, Woncheol, and Heonsang joined SCL as undergraduate research students. Welcome!
May 2019Journal paper by Jebelli, H., Choi, B., and Lee, S. on “Application of Wearable Biosensors to Construction Sites: Assessing Workers’ Stress” was accepted by the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE.
Apr 2019SCL received funding from Ajou University to develop a smart construction safety management system.
Mar 2019Prof. Choi has been selected as a 2018 Outstanding Reviewer for the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
Mar 2019Journal paper by Jebelli, H., Choi, B., and Lee, S. on “Application of Wearable Biosensors to Construction Sites: Assessing Workers’ Physical Demand” was accepted by the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE.
Mar 2019Journal paper by Ahn, C., Lee, S., Sun, C., Jebelli, H., Yang, K., and Choi, B. "Wearable Sensing Technology Applications in Construction Safety and Health" was accepted by the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE.
Jan 2019Journal paper by Choi, B., Jebelli, H., and Lee, S. on "Feasibility Analysis of Electrodermal Activity (EDA) Acquired from Wearable Bio Sensors to Assess Construction Workers' Perceived Risk" was accepted by Safety Science, Elsevier