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HowBuild offers comprehensive real estate consulting for building owners, covering purchase/sale advisory, lease management, facility maintenance, and administrative/tax/legal/accounting asset management. The service is aimed at property owners who want to maximize asset value and minimize vacancy after construction.
Also known as HowBuild · 하우빌드
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Howbuild (하우빌드) is a Seoul-based construction technology platform that supports building projects from initial planning through completion and post-construction operation. It serves three participant groups — building owners (건축주), architects (건축사) and construction companies (건설사) — providing owners with feasibility-oriented business plans, architect selection and design, contractor selection, and construction supervision, while offering architects and contractors access to project opportunities and large-scale bidding without brokerage fees.
The platform's service lines include one-stop project management covering the full building process, construction management (CM) spanning drawing review, contractor selection and works oversight, and comprehensive real estate consulting for post-completion building management and income generation. Product-level offerings are branded: ArchiHire (아키히어) bidding for contractor sourcing and ArchiHire design as an open marketplace connecting owners with design partners; SmaCon (스마콘) for quantity take-off, 3D BIM and construction management data; and Howbuild Sketch, a free 3D regulatory-review design tool. Additional services referenced include construction payment safekeeping and planning design (기획설계). Howbuild states it does not itself perform design or construction work.
Published project references cover commercial buildings, mixed-use commercial-residential buildings and houses in Seoul (Cheongdam-dong, Bangbae-dong, Hannam-dong, Yeoksam-dong, Seongsu-dong, Samseong-dong), as well as Incheon, Yeosu, Gimhae, Daejeon, Yongin and Seongnam, with construction periods running from 2017 through 2024.
Business model
Howbuild operates as an intermediary platform rather than a design or construction firm. Owners pay usage fees for platform services (stated as separate from design fees and construction costs), while architects are offered project opportunities without commission fees and construction companies gain access to competitive bidding. The company also pursues corporate partnerships and enterprise tie-ups.
Traction
The site reports cumulative construction value of KRW 1 trillion across platform projects and access to quotes from about 3,000 construction companies; a company notice states that contractors participating in bidding increased 1.5x year over year. Project portfolio entries span 2017 to 2024 across multiple Korean cities.
Latest developments
Company notices describe a business agreement (MOU) with Korea Investment & Securities covering the construction IT platform, a strengthened business agreement with One Building brokerage firm, the renaming and relaunch of its marketplace as ArchiHire, an initiative referred to as It's Architect (잇츠에이), and a reported 1.5x year-over-year increase in contractors participating in bidding. Monthly construction market reports were published through at least October 2024.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Positions itself as a construction IT platform aiming to make the building market fair and transparent, aggregating a network of roughly 3,000 construction companies for competitive bidding and reporting cumulative construction value of KRW 1 trillion across its projects.
Offers an integrated path across planning, design partner matching, open competitive contractor bidding, construction management and post-completion real estate consulting on one platform, with data-driven tools (BIM/quantity take-off, automated 3D regulatory-review sketches) and no commission charged to architects for project opportunities.
Technology
The platform combines construction market data and process know-how in digital tools: an online open competitive bidding system for comparing contractor quotes, online and on-site construction management modules including video-based site monitoring, SmaCon for quantity take-off, 3D BIM and construction management, and Howbuild Sketch, which generates a 3D design proposal with regulatory review.
Go-to-market
Direct inbound consultation via a call center (1600-9580) and online consultation forms, supported by content marketing through a construction blog, YouTube channel, newsletter, monthly construction market reports and owner case studies, plus business partnerships with financial and real estate brokerage firms.
Individual and corporate building owners planning new construction or seeking post-completion asset management; architects seeking design and project commissions; and construction companies seeking bidding opportunities. Enterprise partners are also targeted through a corporate services track.
Geography
Operates in South Korea, headquartered in Seoul, with referenced projects in Seoul, Incheon, Yeosu, Gimhae, Daejeon, Yongin and Seongnam.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsCompany notice announcing a business agreement between Korea Investment & Securities and construction IT platform Howbuild.
Company notice announcing an expanded business agreement between Howbuild and One Building (원빌딩중개법인).
Howbuild renamed and relaunched its marketplace service as ArchiHire (아키히어), covering design and construction partner matching.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 3
primary sources listed
- Howbuildhowbuild.com · web
3 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Howbuild do?
- Korean construction IT platform connecting building owners with architects and contractors across planning, bidding and construction management.
- Who are Howbuild's investors?
- Howbuild's investors include Kiwoom Investment, TBT.
- Where is Howbuild headquartered?
- Howbuild is headquartered in Seoul, KR.