Aerial view of Hyundai Elevator's modular elevator, ENOBLOC / Courtesy of Hyundai Elevator
Hyundai Elevator has become the world’s first company to commercialize a modular elevator method, installing elevators in a high-rise residential building and launching its proprietary brand, ENOBLOC.
The company said Sunday it successfully completed on-site verification and quality control testing for ENOBLOC at an apartment complex in Songdo, Incheon. The installation covers a 27-story residential building, making it the first commercial use of a modular elevator system for high-rise apartments above 20 floors.
ENOBLOC is a new approach that preassembles elevator components in modular units off site and installs them on site, delivering safety, efficiency, quality and environmental performance at the same time.
“ENOBLOC is a breakthrough solution that reduces risk, inefficiency and environmental impact, fundamentally reshaping how construction and development projects are carried out,” Hyundai Elevator CEO Cho Jae-cheon said. “We aim to go beyond being the world’s first and establish K-elevators as a global standard.”
Elevator installations for high-rise construction require complex engineering capabilities, including load management, control of cumulative alignment errors, seismic resistance and protection against structural buckling.
To address these challenges, the company introduced a mobile assembly shop, which is a compact, on-site facility. Large components are transported in flat sections and assembled within this mobile on-site shop, cutting space requirements and improving logistics. The approach enables modular construction even on constrained urban sites.
Traditional elevator installation requires risky operations such as working at height inside elevator shafts. However, ENOBLOC eliminates most of the hazards by preassembling over 90 percent of key components in controlled factory settings, leaving only final assembly and fastening on site.
The approach aligns with stricter government policies aimed at preventing serious industrial accidents, such as tighter regulations on companies with poor safety, raising expectations that ENOBLOC could benefit.
It can also reduce elevator installation time by up to 80 percent, which means shorter overall construction time, lower costs and earlier occupancy.
Source: Korea Times News
