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In this study, the environmental change of the construction industry in the carbon-neutral era was analyzed, and furthermore, strategic directions and key carbon reduction measures for the successful achievement of carbon neutrality in the construction industry were derived. The specific objectives of this study are as follows. First, it aims to identify opportunities and threats that carbon neutrality will have on construction companies in the future. Second, we intend to derive strategic directions and key carbon emission reduction measures for the success of carbon neutrality in the construction industry in the future carbon-neutral era. Third, to clarify the role and cooperative structure of major industrial actors (construction companies, material production companies, government, etc.) for successful carbon emission reduction in the construction industry. The strategic direction for the reduction of carbon emissions in the construction industry is, first, to enhance the carbon emission reduction effect by reducing carbon emission in the part with a high proportion of carbon emission among activities in the life cycle stage of the construction industry. Secondly, among the measures to reduce carbon emissions, it is to focus on reduction measures that are specific to the construction industry. As a result of evaluating the carbon emission reduction effect based on the proportion of carbon emission in each stage of the life cycle, the reduction of embodied carbon related to the production of construction materials in the construction stage and the reduction of carbon in operation of buildings in the operation stage were evaluated as important parts. As a result of the evaluation of specialization at the level of the construction industry, additional measures to utilize low-carbon construction techniques were evaluated as important. In the end, it was determined that the core carbon emission reduction measures of the construction industry were the material production-related embodied carbon reduction measures, the use of carbon emission reduction construction techniques, and the building operational carbon reduction measures.