Partnership to cover specialized design and construction, nighttime care and applied research

Staff monitor Everring pilot data at the Samsung Noble Life R&D Center. [Samsung C&T]
Staff monitor Everring pilot data at the Samsung Noble Life R&D Center. [Samsung C&T]

Samsung C&T's construction division signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Noble Life on Thursday to cooperate on senior living projects spanning senior residences, nursing homes and apartment complexes.

Samsung Noble Life is a senior living and care company established by Samsung Life Insurance. It has built up 25 years of operational expertise in senior residential services at Yongin Samsung Noble County, a premium retirement community in Yongin.

Samsung C&T also entered the senior living market last month with the official launch of Everring, an AI-based senior living solution developed by its construction division.

Under the agreement, the two companies will cooperate in three areas: jointly developing senior residence and nursing home projects, creating specialized life-care service models for senior residents in apartment complexes, and conducting joint research and development in age-tech services.

The partnership will begin by identifying new development and remodeling opportunities for senior residences and nursing homes, with both companies collaborating from the planning stage. A nursing home, as defined in the agreement, is a residential facility for the elderly where nursing and care services are provided around the clock.

Under this arrangement, Samsung C&T will handle senior-specialized design and construction and the integration of Everring, while Samsung Noble Life will manage post-move-in operations. The two companies plan to incorporate operational know-how from the earliest planning stages to jointly establish senior-focused spatial standards that account for care workflows and the caregiving environment.

The companies will also jointly design a life-care service model for senior residents in apartment complexes. The model will link health and lifestyle data gathered through Everring with Samsung Noble Life's professional care services. The aim is to extend services previously available only at senior residences to elderly residents in ordinary apartment complexes, proactively addressing demand for "aging in place" — the concept of growing older in one's own home.

In the age-tech research and development area, the two companies plan to use Samsung Noble County as a pilot base for joint research into senior-focused technology and care services. Data from actual caregiving settings, along with feedback from residents and care staff, will be incorporated into the development process to ensure that technologies proven effective in the field are translated into deployable services.

This is not the first time the two companies have worked together. Since 2024, Samsung C&T has been conducting technology pilots at Samsung Noble County with startups identified through its open innovation program Futurescape, covering areas such as healthcare data management, AI behavioral analysis and home AI companion robots. The companies are currently running a pilot at the Samsung Noble County nursing home using Everring to reduce the workload of night-shift staff.

A Samsung Noble Life official said the company is expanding its business scope so that more customers can experience the living and care services of Samsung Noble County, which opened in 2001 as a premium retirement community. "Through this partnership, we will extend professional life-care services beyond dedicated senior facilities to senior residents living in apartment complexes," the official said.

Cho Hye-jeong, executive vice president and head of Samsung C&T's DxP division, said the partnership would combine Samsung C&T's capabilities in design, construction and digital solutions with Samsung Noble Life's proven operational and service expertise. "We will set a new standard for residential living that allows seniors to stay longer and healthier in familiar surroundings," she said.


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