Engineering Data Foundry services and visual modernization of existing engineering software
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
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 workDeveloped cloud-based distributed BIM integration model
Built distributed construction information processing integrated network
Published integrated BIM (Construction/Architecture) model book
2008–2017
Foundry EvolutionDeveloped 1st distributed BIM processing system for finishing & structural work
Started development of architectural finishing distributed work system
→Proposed rebar Bar-Bending automation development
→Semiconductor fabrication plant — 4D BIM development review (major domestic E&C group)
Civil engineering activity-based automation early model
Started structural 3D BIM distributed work system development
Structural quantity and 3D review software development
Developed rebar joint/anchor automatic interference check system
Applied ultimate strength design method to structural quantity calculation
Civil PMIS integrated system development proposal (major steel and materials group)
→Apartment integrated preliminary-estimation system (major domestic contractor)
→Integrated preliminary-estimation system (heavy industry and plant engineering group)
1999–2007
Integrated Engineering Foundations→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)
→Integrated estimation system — structural development (top-tier domestic construction group)
→Earlier software connected with 3D modeling and cost information
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.
First Japanese version of quantity automation system
XD BIM Solution data model and integrated management architecture completed.
Support and training for a major Japanese architectural design firm
Osaka Cookie Project
Japan Fukuoka Venture Market participation
→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
→Patent applications filed (4)
→Designated as Outstanding Venture Company — Seoul SME Agency
→China Heilongjiang Province Construction Bureau seminar
Integrated design automation and quantity automation
Design and quantity automation software completed
1991–1998
Engineering Automation FoundationsDesign automation Windows version released
AutoCAD Korean font '멋진글' development completed
Expanded from drafting automation toward automated construction quantity and estimate workflows.
→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.
CAD quantity automation — 3rd generation development
Interior material list DB function added (C++)
1st inter-work type BOQ compatibility system
→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
→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
→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
AutoCAD Korean font development
→DOPS design-automation project started