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Shimizu Corporation

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Type
  
Public KK

Headquarters
  
Tokyo, Japan

Founder
  
Shimizu Kisuke

Area served
  
Worldwide

Founded
  
1803, Edo

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Traded as
  
TYO: 1803 OSE: 1803 NAG: 1803 Nikkei 225 Component

Industry
  
Heavy construction Engineering Project Management

Key people
  
Yoichi Miyamoto, (CEO and President)

Products
  
Civil engineering Construction Design Real estate

Stock price
  
1803 (TYO) JP¥ 998 -4.00 (-0.40%)31 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer

Number of employees
  
15,616 (consolidated, As of April 1, 2013)

Subsidiaries
  
Shimizu Comprehensive Development Corporation

Profiles

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Shimizu Corporation (清水建設株式会社, Shimizu Kensetsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a leading architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm, offering an integrated, comprehensive planning, design and build solutions for a broad range of construction and engineering projects worldwide. It has annual sales of approximately US $15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in Japan and among the top 20 in the world.

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About Shimizu

The company is named after its founder Kisuke Shimizu, who was born in Ohane Village, Etchu (now part of Toyama), and has nothing to do with the former city Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Kisuke Shimizu formed the company in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1804 and the company has been headquartered in Tokyo ever since.

SHIMIZU Corporation is an international general contractor, publicly listed on the Tokyo, Nagoya Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. It has a network spanning Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa.

Services offered

  • Planning & Consulting
  • Development & Financing
  • Design
  • Construction
  • Facility Management
  • Maintenance
  • Renovation
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Research & Development
  • Notable constructions

  • Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line - Aqua-Line tunnel and Umihotaru (an artificial island used as a rest station on the Aqua-Line)
  • Bãi Cháy Bridge
  • Terminal 3 of the Singapore Changi Airport
  • JR Hakata City
  • Malaysia–Singapore Second Link
  • Bính Bridge
  • Luzhou Line (Taipei Metro)
  • THSR Tainan Station
  • Haneda Airport runway D
  • Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
  • Dream Megaproject Concepts

  • Lunar Solar Power Generation - Luna Ring (generation of electricity using a belt of solar cells around the lunar equator)
  • TRY2025 The Environmental Island - Green Float (botanical city concept)
  • Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid (a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay)
  • Inter Cell City (a sustainable, environmentally conscious city)
  • Space Hotel (space tourism)
  • Lunar Bases
  • Urban Geo-Grid Plan (coordination of facilities above ground and underground for increased efficiency)
  • Desert Aqua-Net Plan (desert canals)
  • Ocean Spiral (underwater city)
  • References

    Shimizu Corporation Wikipedia