• 1967.02 Establishment of Construction Technology Research Institute comprising 3 research groups

• 1969.04 Extension to 4 research groups
• 1971.04 Extension to 5 research groups
• 1972.04 Extension to 7 research groups
• 1976.04 Extension to 8 research groups
• 1979.03 Extension to 9 research groups
• 1980.10 Revision of the Institute regulations
• 1983.05 Revision of the Institute regulations and extension to 10 research groups
• 1991.10 Extension to 11 research groups

• 1995.11 Selection of the Institute as one of the substitutes for mandatory military service
• 1998.09 Restructuring of the Institute's affiliation from School of Engineering to university establishment
• 2003.04 Revision of the Institute regulations and names of the research groups
• 2016.05 The Institute was selected as a University Core Research Center by Korean Ministry of Education
• 2016.10 Change of the Institute's name to Disaster-free and Safe Ocean City Construction and restructuring to 4 research groups