Members of the February 17 Shock Brigade of Scientists and Technicians, who are demonstrating the honor of the core shock brigade of the Workers' Party of Korea, are playing the role of the sci-tech advancing group in the construction of the capital city.

Members of the shock brigades dispatched to the construction site for 50 000 flats in Pyongyang Municipality have developed and introduced advanced construction methods to save a lot of manpower and materials and shorten the construction date.

A mass technical innovation movement was launched at all construction units to manufacture construction equipment.

Technical innovations are being pushed ahead with at relevant units to produce and supply building equipment and finishing materials our own way, true to the Workers’ Party of Korea's policy on local production.