About KICT

KICT
  • Jun. 1983 KICT established as a private foundation
  • Jan. 1988 Designated as a government-funded research institute of the Ministry of Construction
  • Nov. 1997 Moved KICT headquarters to Ilsan
National Construction Laboratory Institute
  • Aug. 1948 Initiated as the Civil Engineering Laboratory Institute of Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Jun. 1962 Reorganized as the National Construction Research Institute of the Ministry of Construction
  • Sep. 1983 Renamed as the National Construction Laboratory Institute of the Ministry of Construction (research function separated)
Jan. 1999 Merged with the National Construction Laboratory Institute
  • Apr. 2006 Completion of Fire Investigation, Research, testing and Education(Hwaseong)
  • Nov. 2009 Completion of River Experiment Center(Andong)
  • Nov. 2013 Construction started on the SOC Evaluation Research Center (Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi-do)
  • Jul. 2015 Construction Industry Innovation Center established in KICT
  • Jul. 2017 Designated as a government funded research institute under the National Research Council of Science & Technology of the Ministry of Science and ICT
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