Kumagai Gumi

Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd.
	Kumagai Gumi headquarters in Tokyo
Native name	株式会社熊谷組
Company type	Public (K.K)
Traded as	TYO: 1861
ISIN	JP3266800006
Industry	Construction; Engineering
Founded	(January 1898, 01; 126 years ago) in Fukui, Japan
Founder	Santaro Kumagai
Headquarters	Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8557, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Yasushi Higuchi; (President)
Products	Construction materials and equipment;
Services	Civil engineering design; Construction (civil engineering and building construction);
Revenue	JPY 344.7 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 3.07 billion) (FY 2016)
Net income	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;

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[edit]

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[edit]

Dams 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]
Marmaray rail link - Istanbul^[10]
Skitube Alpine Railway - Sydney^[11]

Tunnels[edit]

Water tunnel at Plover Cove - New Territories, Hong Kong^[12]
Modified Initial System (section between Admiralty and Tsim Sha Tsui stations) - Victoria City and Kowloon, Hong Kong^[12]
Seikan Tunnel - Aomori and Hakodate^[12]
Eastern Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong^[3]^[12]
Sydney Harbour Tunnel - Sydney^[13]
Western Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong^[12]
Eagle's Nest Tunnel - Hong Kong^[14]

Skyscrapers[edit]

Hotels[edit]

Çırağan Palace - Istanbul

References[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.
^ 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[edit]

(in English) Kumagai Gumi Archived 7 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
(in Japanese) Kumagai Gumi

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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.

[Levy-3] 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.

[TC-9] Messe München (1 January 1998). Tunnel Construction. CRC Press. pp. 73–81. ISBN 978-90-5410-951-8.

[10] 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.

[11] Geoffrey B Churchman (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books. ISBN 0-646-06893-8.

[scmp_1993-12] "Giant shapes HK". 23 December 1993.

[13] Levy, Sidney M. (6 December 2012). Japanese Construction: An American Perspective. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-4684-6665-2.

[14] World Highways. Route One Publishing. 2004.

[15] Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.

[16] Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.

[17] Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.

[18] Binder, Georges (2006). 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.

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