Kajima

Kajima Corporation

Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 1812 OSE: 1812 NAG: 1812 Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Construction Engineering Design
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (1840 (1840))
Headquarters	3-1, Motoakasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8388, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Rokuro Ishikawa, (Former CEO, Chairman and Honorary Chairman) Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, (CEO and President)
Services	Architectural design Civil engineering design Construction (civil engineering and building construction) Engineering Real estate development
Revenue	$ 15.798 billion USD (FY 2012) (¥ 1485.01 billion JPY) (FY 2012)
Net income	$ 249.255 million USD (FY 2012) (¥ 23.42 billion JPY) (FY 2012)
Number of employees	7,737 (non-consolidated) 15,468 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2013)
Website	Official website
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Kajima head office

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.

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".

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)

Constructs facilities for 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games

• 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

The Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest tunnel, is completed

• 1994 - Construction of Kansai International Airport is finalized
• 1998 - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is completed
• 2001 - The Suez Canal Bridge is completed
• 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.

External links

• Official site (Japanese)
• English site (English)