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Type
  
Public KK

Headquarters
  
Founded
  
22 February 1930

Area served
  
Worldwide

Founder
  
Iwakichi Kajima

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Traded as
  
TYO: 1812OSE: 1812NAG: 1812Nikkei 225 Component

Industry
  
ConstructionEngineeringDesign

Key people
  
Rokuro Ishikawa, (Former CEO, Chairman and Honorary Chairman) Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, (CEO and President)

Services
  
Architectural designCivil engineering designConstruction (civil engineering and building construction)EngineeringReal estate development

Stock price
  
1812 (TYO) JP¥ 755 -6.00 (-0.79%)17 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer

CEO
  
Mitsuyoshi Nakamura (29 Jun 2005–)

Subsidiaries
  
Kajima U.S.A. Inc., Kajima Road Co., Ltd.

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Kajima Corporation (鹿島建設株式会社, Kajima Kensetsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese construction company. Founded in 1840, the company has its headquarters in Motoakasaka, Minato, Tokyo. The company is known for its DIB-200 proposal. The company stock is traded on four leading Japanese stock exchanges and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.

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One of the five leading general contractors in Japan, that are also referred to as "super general contractor". As well as being one of the key opinion leaders, also from its top-class domestic construction revenue, it is seen as one of the leading companies in the construction industry in Japan. Corporate slogan is "Company that builds 100 years".

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History

  • 1840 - Iwakichi Kajima, the founder of the present-day company begins carpentry business in Edo (present day Tokyo)
  • 1860 - Kajima pioneers first western-style building in Yokohama (Ei-Ichiban Kan)
  • 1880 - Establishes Kajima Gumi
  • 1899 - Railway construction projects begin in Korea and Taiwan
  • 1923 - Great Kantō earthquake - Kajima participates in the reconstruction work
  • 1930 - Incorporation of the company (issues stock, capitalized at 3 million yen)
  • 1945 - Postwar reconstruction begins with Kajima's support
  • 1949 - Founds Kajima Technical Research Institute (the first construction research facility in Japan)
  • 1950 - Pioneers first joint venture with Morrison-Knudsen
  • 1957 - Completes Japan's first nuclear reactor (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute's Tōkai JRR-1 reactor)
  • 1959 - Construction of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen begins
  • 1961 - The company is listed on Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchange
  • 1963 - Becomes world no. 1 in construction (total contract value)
  • 1964 - Establishment of Kajima International Incorporated (KII) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • 1968 - Japan's first high-rise building, the Kasumigaseki Building, is completed
  • 1987 - Establishment of Kajima Europe B.V. (KE) in the Netherlands
  • 1988 - Establishment of Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd. (KOA) in Singapore
  • 1994 - Construction of Kansai International Airport is finalized
  • 1998 - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is completed
  • 2001 - The Suez Canal Bridge is completed
  • 2002 - Hawaiian Dredging is acquired from Dillingham Construction.
  • 2003 - Establishment of Kajima (Shanghai) Construction Co., Ltd.
  • 2009 - Kajima celebrates 170th anniversary of establishment
  • 2010 - Construction of Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore completed
  • 2011 - The company completed the construction of the Dubai Metro (phase 1 and 2)
  • Demolition Technology

    The Kajima Corporation developed a building demolition technique that involves using hydraulic jacks to demolish a building one floor at a time. This method is safer, and allows for a more efficient recycling process. In the Spring of 2008, the Kajima Corporation used this technique to demolish a 17-story and 20-story building, recycling 99% of the steel and concrete and 92% of the interior materials in the process.

    Film backing

    The Kasumigaseki Building, built by Kajima, is the main subject of the film Chōkōsō no Akebono, which was backed by Kajima.

    References

    Kajima Wikipedia


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