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.
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 Kumagai Gumi headquarters in Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社熊谷組 |
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| Company 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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| Services |
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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
editSantaro 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
editDams and railways
edit- 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]
- North East MRT line - Singapore[10]
- East–West MRT line Changi Airport branch - Singapore
- Marmaray rail link - Istanbul[11]
- Skitube Alpine Railway - Sydney[12]
Tunnels
edit- Water tunnel at Plover Cove - New Territories, Hong Kong[13]
- Modified Initial System (section between Admiralty and Tsim Sha Tsui stations) - Victoria City and Kowloon, Hong Kong[13]
- Seikan Tunnel - Aomori and Hakodate[13]
- Eastern Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong[3][13]
- Sydney Harbour Tunnel - Sydney[14]
- Western Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong[13]
- Eagle's Nest Tunnel - Hong Kong[15]
Skyscrapers
edit- Taipei 101 - Taipei[16]
- Bank of China Tower - Hong Kong[17]
- Shun Hing Square - Shenzhen[18]
- CITIC Plaza - Guangzhou[19]
- Dayabumi Complex - Kuala Lumpur
- Bank of China Tower - Shanghai
- Melbourne Central - Melbourne
Hotels
editReferences
edit- ^ "Corporate Profile". 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.
- ^ "Singapore gets its first semi". New Civil Engineer. 1 August 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Geoffrey B Churchman (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books. ISBN 0-646-06893-8
- ^ 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
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- (in English) Kumagai Gumi Archived 7 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Japanese) Kumagai Gumi
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