Celebrating the Korean Culture to Build Stronger Teams in Korea

To further strengthen their commitment to safety, each team member wrote their personal safety pledge on a Safety Commitment Rolling Paper during the event as a symbol of the team’s shared dedication to safety. Leaders from each company then signed a renewed Safety Charter, as they move into the next phases of ongoing construction projects.

Keeping the focus on safety, each team was also named after a high-risk activity (Fall, Electric Shock, Crush & Entrapment, Fire & Explosion, Hit by an Object). A brief safety moment for each high-risk activity was shared to remind everyone on the importance of putting safety first in the delivery of projects and everything that we do.

One of the main activities of the day was kimchi-making where everyone had the chance to prepare the Korean traditional banchan or side dish, kimchi. It was a fantastic experience for all team members as even locals have never made kimchi before either. After the event, the freshly made kimchi were donated to the Hyangdong Welfare Center (고양시향동복지관), which is located near a data center project site.

The teams also had the chance to play one of the Korean children’s games featured in the popular series, Squid Game—the Honeycomb (Dalgona) challenge, also called Ppopgi (뽑기) in Korea.

After tallying the points from the three games, one team emerged as the winner who had the privilege of selecting a charity to which a cash donation from all the participating companies will be donated to. After a day of friendly competition, everyone was in high spirits and in full support of the event’s cause.

The winning team’s chosen charity is the Hyangdong Welfare Center (고양시향동복지관), a facility built to provide welfare and convenience for residents in the Hyangdong area.

The teams participating expressed how much joy the day brought them, and proved that we can build great things by coming together for a common goal.