Hyundai Launches World's-First Modular High-Rise Elevator System

Hyundai Elevator became the world’s first to successfully install and commercialize an elevator for high-rise buildings using modular construction, The Korea Herald reports. The company recently completed a quality control inspection for its 27-story ENOBLOC — which stands for Elevator Innovate Block Construction application — at the Songdo Hillstate Center Park construction site in Songdo, Incheon, becoming the first to commercialize a modular elevator system for buildings higher than 20 stories. With ENOBLOC, the company manufactures components in advance, which are then assembled on-site where the system functions as a mini factory occupying less than 33 m² of the construction site. ENOBLOC streamlines the construction process, reducing construction costs and enabling earlier move-ins. Through partial application, ENOBLOC reduced the Songdo Hillstate Center park construction period by 40 days and is projected to shorten construction by more than two months upon full-scale implementation, Hyundai said. Hyundai Elevator has applied for approximately 50 patents linked to its modular system, high-rise building application and mass-production technologies.