Kumagai Gumi
Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社熊谷組, Kabushiki-gaisha Kumagai Gumi) is a Japanese construction company founded in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The company still has registered headquarters in Fukui, but the actual head office is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Kumagai Gumi headquarters in Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社熊谷組 |
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| Type | Public (K.K) |
| TYO: 1861 | |
| ISIN | JP3266800006 |
| Industry | Construction Engineering |
| Founded | (January 1898, 01) in Fukui, Japan |
| Founder | Santaro Kumagai |
| Headquarters | Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8557 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yasushi Higuchi (President) |
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| Revenue | JPY 344.7 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 3.07 billion) (FY 2016) |
| JPY 16.4 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 146 million) (FY 2016) | |
Number of employees | 3,798 (as of March 31, 2016) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
History
Santaro Kumagai, the company's founder, began his career as a civil servant in a police department. His construction career started as a stonemason, crafting religious monuments and performing work for the expanding railway network.[3]
Kumagai founded his own company in 1898 and incorporated it in 1938. Between 1955 and 1983 the company accounted for more than 10% of all contracts awarded to the fifty-seven members of the Overseas Construction Association of Japan, a figure that outranked the ‘Big Five’ domestic giant construction companies.[4] As overseas projects were riskier, these five companies were reluctant to expand beyond Japan. Kumagai Gumi took advantage of the situation and sought work overseas, as both as a construction company and a developer, using BOT as project financing, becoming one of the leading proponents of BOT in Southeast Asia. By 1985 overseas earnings amounted to 46% of Kumagai's total contracts.[5]
In the 1980s the company became the largest Japanese real estate investor in New York City,[6] investing in projects in Manhattan, including in projects developed by William Zeckendorf Jr.[7]
Major works
Dams and railways
- Tokuyama Dam - Ibigawa
- Mass Transit Railway - Hong Kong (numerous contracts)
- Delhi Metro Yellow line - Delhi[8]
- Taipei Metro Bannan Line - Taipei[9]
- Bangkok Metropolitan Rapid Transit Blue Line - Bangkok[9]
- Marmaray rail link - Istanbul[10]
Tunnels
- Water tunnel at Plover Cove - New Territories, Hong Kong[11]
- Modified Initial System (section between Admiralty and Tsim Sha Tsui stations) - Victoria City and Kowloon, Hong Kong[11]
- Seikan Tunnel - Aomori and Hakodate[11]
- Eastern Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong[3][11]
- Sydney Harbour Tunnel - Sydney[12]
- Western Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong[11]
- Eagle's Nest Tunnel - Hong Kong[13]
Skyscrapers
- Taipei 101 - Taipei[14]
- Bank of China Tower - Hong Kong[15]
- Shun Hing Square - Shenzhen[16]
- CITIC Plaza - Guangzhou[17]
- Dayabumi Complex - Kuala Lumpur
- Bank of China Tower - Shanghai
- Melbourne Central - Melbourne
Hotels
References
- ^ . Kumagai Gumi. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ a b Levy, Sidney M. (27 September 1996). Build, Operate, Transfer: Paving the Way for Tomorrow's Infrastructure. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 286–287. ISBN 978-0-471-11992-0.
- ^ Rimmer, Peter J. (1 March 1990). "The Internationalisation of the Japanese Construction Industry: The Rise and Rise of Kumagai Gumi". Environment and Planning A. 22 (3): 345–368. doi:10.1068/a220345. S2CID 143137111.
- ^ Smith, Michael P. (1 January 1989). Pacific Rim Cities in the World Economy. Transaction Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4128-3042-3.
- ^ Levy, Sidney M. (6 December 2012). Japanese Construction: An American Perspective. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4684-6665-2.
- ^ Lyons, Richard D. (13 July 1986). "The Zeckendorf Flag Flying High Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Zubko, Katherine C.; Sahay, Raj R. (16 September 2010). Inside the Indian Business Mind: A Tactical Guide for Managers: A Tactical Guide for Managers. ABC-CLIO. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-313-37830-0.
- ^ a b Messe München (1 January 1998). Tunnel Construction. CRC Press. pp. 73–81. ISBN 978-90-5410-951-8.
- ^ Brunn, Stanley D. (19 March 2011). Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 727. ISBN 978-90-481-9920-4.
- ^ a b c d e "Giant shapes HK". 23 December 1993.
- ^ Levy, Sidney M. (6 December 2012). Japanese Construction: An American Perspective. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-4684-6665-2.
- ^ World Highways. Route One Publishing. 2004.
- ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
- ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
- ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
- ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
External links
- (in English) Kumagai Gumi
- (in Japanese) Kumagai Gumi