Shinsegae E&C is adopting the Meissa platform across all of its construction sites nationwide. The most notable aspect of this decision is that it is not simply a new adoption, but a strategic decision to completely replace the global solution the company had been using.
Shinsegae E&C has moved beyond a pilot at a single site to a company-wide transition. At the same time, it is pursuing the automation of site operations and management based on autonomous drone stations. This is a move aimed not at a mere swap of tools, but at the digital transformation of the site operating system itself.
So why did Shinsegae E&C choose Meissa over a long-proven global solution? Let's examine the three key reasons that made this successful company-wide transition in operating systems possible.
The "operational automation based on autonomous drone stations" that Shinsegae E&C is pursuing aligns precisely with the future the Meissa platform envisions.
The drone station itself is excellent hardware. It handles the entire sequence—taking off automatically on schedule, carrying out its mission, then returning to recharge—without human intervention. But hardware alone does not fully automate the work at a site. True efficiency is achieved only when how to design the optimal flight path, how to analyze the large volumes of collected data quickly and accurately, and how to output the results as reports are all seamlessly connected within a single platform.
Meissa has built its own 3D mapping engine and autonomous-flight integration system, automatically handling the entire workflow—"route design → flight and capture → data transfer → analysis → practical use"—within a single platform. Site managers no longer need to go out to the site; they simply log in to the platform and instantly review only the fully analyzed data, such as orthophoto imagery, 3D models, construction-change comparisons, and earthwork volume calculations. The hands-on time required from drone flight to reviewing the final report is dramatically reduced.
In addition, Meissa is firmly equipped with "security," an essential requirement for enterprise-wide adoption by a large corporation. Meissa has obtained Grade 1 GS Certification—a nationally accredited software quality certification—and the international-standard Information Security Management System certification (ISO/IEC 27001:2022). It provides a structure that maintains the highest level of security and reliability even atop an unmanned data-collection flow.
Several 3D mapping platforms that process drone data exist on the global market. Looking at simple specs alone, such as surveying accuracy or modeling quality, each has its own strengths and weaknesses, making a choice difficult. And in the end, the deciding factor is "how accurately the platform understands and reflects the practical language of the construction site."
Construction is an industry in which the ordering method, workflow of processes, criteria for progress-payment settlement, and drawing standards differ from country to country. When a global solution designed around overseas standards is introduced to domestic sites, practitioners face the hassle of having to process and convert the data once more to fit our progress-payment flow and drawing formats. A solution adopted to reduce work can end up increasing fragmented paperwork instead.
Meissa designed its platform to fit the construction processes of each country. In Korea in particular—its main service market, where a wealth of references has accumulated—there has been all the more deliberation over, and resolution of, how the platform is actually used in the field. Functions immediately needed in practice, such as earthwork-volume-based progress-payment calculation and checking construction errors through drawing overlays, are naturally woven into the platform. As a result, design, construction, and progress-payment data align on top of a single set of spatial data, and headquarters and the field can communicate on a "Single Source of Truth" without additional processing.
The true value of a B2B platform is proven not at the point of adoption but in the actual operational phase. In enterprise-wide adoption especially, who resolves—and how—the practitioners' questions, data-analysis requests, and site issues that arise simultaneously across dozens of sites accounts for more than half of a project's success.
A global solution may come with excellent manuals, but there is a practical limitation: immediate technical support is hard to obtain due to time-zone differences, language barriers, and physical distance. It is not easy to find a partner who understands the busy schedules and complex context unique to Korean sites and can solve problems in real time.
Meissa carefully monitors each site through its AM (Account Manager) and TS (Technical Support) cells. Precise drone-infrastructure setup tailored to the characteristics of each site, onboarding training pitched to each contact's level, and an agile cycle that immediately reflects practitioners' feedback in product enhancement are the capabilities Meissa has built most solidly by working in step with domestic construction sites. The reason large-scale, enterprise-wide adoption can keep running without interruption is that it is backed by Meissa's own "operational know-how," accumulated by running around hundreds of sites in person.
Top-ranked builders in Korea's construction-capability evaluations—including Daewoo E&C, DL E&C, HDC Hyundai Development Company, KCC Engineering & Construction, and Woomi Construction—are already operating the Meissa platform as their company-wide standard.
Drone platforms are now moving beyond being an auxiliary tool for individual sites to establish themselves as the "standard operating infrastructure" for smart construction at the headquarters level. What enterprise-wide adoption means is clear: the construction status and risks of every site nationwide accumulate as data on a single platform, and headquarters can monitor them by the same criteria and make preemptive decisions.
In an era where data becomes both the profit and the proof of a site, Meissa is building an unshakable foundation for the construction industry by integrating drones, satellites, and 3D spatial data.
