Development & Company History

The developer's work before METOMOS.The company since 2022.

Before 2022, this record follows the founder's development work and projects carried out with earlier organizations and collaborators. From 2022 onward, it records METOMOS as a company.

1991–2021 · Development career

The founder's work, alongside the organizations and teams active at the time.

2022–present · METOMOS

The company's own history begins with its establishment in 2022.

Company history

METOMOS · 2022 to present

Current

Engineering Data Foundry services and visual modernization of existing engineering software

2022

METOMOS INC. established

Development career

Founder and earlier teams · 1991–2021

A year-by-year record of development work and projects carried out with the organizations and teams active at the time.

2018–2021

Later development work
2021

Developed cloud-based distributed BIM integration model

2020

Built distributed construction information processing integrated network

2018

Published integrated BIM (Construction/Architecture) model book

2008–2017

Foundry Evolution
2017

Developed 1st distributed BIM processing system for finishing & structural work

2016

Started development of architectural finishing distributed work system

2015

→Proposed rebar Bar-Bending automation development

→Semiconductor fabrication plant — 4D BIM development review (major domestic E&C group)

2014

Civil engineering activity-based automation early model

2013

Started structural 3D BIM distributed work system development

2012

Structural quantity and 3D review software development

2011

Developed rebar joint/anchor automatic interference check system

2010

Applied ultimate strength design method to structural quantity calculation

Civil PMIS integrated system development proposal (major steel and materials group)

2009

→Apartment integrated preliminary-estimation system (major domestic contractor)

2008

→Integrated preliminary-estimation system (heavy industry and plant engineering group)

1999–2007

Integrated Engineering Foundations
2007

→Finishing and earthwork estimation system completed (top-tier domestic construction group)

→System air-conditioner DVM-PRO development (global semiconductor and electronics manufacturer)

→Preliminary-estimation system implementation (domestic construction firm)

2006

→Integrated estimation system — structural development (top-tier domestic construction group)

→Earlier software connected with 3D modeling and cost information

2005

EVMS case study built and presented at an industry conference (domestic construction firm)

Connected cost, schedule and project-control information around a common project context.

2004

First Japanese version of quantity automation system

XD BIM Solution data model and integrated management architecture completed.

2003

Support and training for a major Japanese architectural design firm

Osaka Cookie Project

2002

Japan Fukuoka Venture Market participation

2001

→Strategic partnership with a leading national university's construction research lab

→Developed integrated cost/schedule system

→Integrated bill-of-quantities / cost information with project scheduling structures and WBS.

→Developed a 4D simulation system linking 3D models with quantity / bill information and construction schedule structures.

→Korea-China Construction CM Seminar — Presented in Beijing

→A/E/C SYSTEM 2001' Exhibition — USA participation

→Strategic partnership with a US engineering university

2000

→Patent applications filed (4)

→Designated as Outstanding Venture Company — Seoul SME Agency

→China Heilongjiang Province Construction Bureau seminar

1999

Integrated design automation and quantity automation

Design and quantity automation software completed

1991–1998

Engineering Automation Foundations
1998

Design automation Windows version released

AutoCAD Korean font '멋진글' development completed

Expanded from drafting automation toward automated construction quantity and estimate workflows.

1997

→Developed a classification approach connecting drawing and construction information

→Design automation, automated 3D quantity takeoff and automated bill / estimate generation formed an integrated development direction.

1996

CAD quantity automation — 3rd generation development

Interior material list DB function added (C++)

1st inter-work type BOQ compatibility system

1995

→Widespread interest from Korea's largest construction and industrial conglomerates, and from the national housing authority

→CAD quantity automation — 2nd generation

→BOQ connection and code system standardization

→Classification system established for connecting different information structures

1994

→DOPS (Design Automation) copyright registered

→Implemented a CAD-integrated indoor material finishing list and window schedule automation system

→First CAD quantity automation system developed from design automation

1993

→Visited the AEC Systems Exhibition in Los Angeles and reviewed 2D-based integration approaches

→Gyeongju Indoor Sports Hall — 3D modeling competition winner

→Design automation, standardization, structural drawing automation

1992

AutoCAD Korean font development

1991

→DOPS design-automation project started