Kumagai Gumi

Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社熊谷組
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 1861
ISINJP3266800006
IndustryConstruction
Engineering
Founded(January 1898, 01; 126 years ago (01-01-1898)) in Fukui, Japan
FounderSantaro Kumagai
Headquarters
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8557
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Yasushi Higuchi
(President)
Products
  • Construction materials and equipment
Services
RevenueIncrease JPY 344.7 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 3.07 billion) (FY 2016)
Increase JPY 16.4 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 146 million) (FY 2016)
Number of employees
3,798 (as of March 31, 2016)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
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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.

History

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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

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Dams and railways

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Tunnels

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Skyscrapers

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Hotels

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References

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  1. ^ "Corporate Profile". Kumagai Gumi. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Smith, Michael P. (1 January 1989). Pacific Rim Cities in the World Economy. Transaction Publishers. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4128-3042-3.
  6. ^ Levy, Sidney M. (6 December 2012). Japanese Construction: An American Perspective. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4684-6665-2.
  7. ^ Lyons, Richard D. (13 July 1986). "The Zeckendorf Flag Flying High Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b Messe München (1 January 1998). Tunnel Construction. CRC Press. pp. 73–81. ISBN 978-90-5410-951-8.
  10. ^ "Singapore gets its first semi". New Civil Engineer. 1 August 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Geoffrey B Churchman (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books. ISBN 0-646-06893-8
  13. ^ a b c d e "Giant shapes HK". 23 December 1993.
  14. ^ Levy, Sidney M. (6 December 2012). Japanese Construction: An American Perspective. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-4684-6665-2.
  15. ^ World Highways. Route One Publishing. 2004.
  16. ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
  17. ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
  18. ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
  19. ^ Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
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