Taisei Corporation

**Taisei Corporation**

Type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 1801
Industry	Construction
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (October 1, 1873 (1873-10-01))
Founder	Okura Kihachiro
Headquarters	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Yamauchi Takashi (Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer)
Products	Building Construction Civil Engineering Real Estate Development
Revenue	17,558,416,000 USD ^[1]
Operating income	378,586,000 USD ^[1]
Net income	213,195,000 USD ^[1]
Total assets	3,650,187,000 USD ^[1]
Number of employees	7,945 ^[1]
Subsidiaries	Taiwan, Taipei U.A.E., Dubai Qatar, Doha U.S.A, California (San Jose, Costa Mesa) Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Indonesia, Jakarta India, New Delhi Pakistan, Islamabad Vietnam, Hanoi Vietnam, HCMC Sri Lanka, Colombo Egypt, Cairo Thailand, Bangkok Turkey, Istanbul
Website	Taisei Corporation

Taisei Corporation (大成建設株式会社, Taisei Kensetsu Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 1801) is a Japanese corporation which was established in 1873. Its main areas of business are building construction, civil engineering, and real estate development. Taisei's headquarters are in Shinjuku Center Building, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.^[1]

Taisei has domestic offices in twelve Japanese cities, and 13 major overseas offices.

Overview

Taisei is the oldest of the 5 Japanese so called super general contractors (スーパーゼネコン, suupaa zenekon), the other four being Kajima Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Corporation and Obayashi Corporation. Taisei corporation has its roots in Okura zaibatsu (財閥). Following the dissolution of zaibatsu after World War II, Taisei was restructured to become an employee-owned corporation. Taisei is currently the only employee-owned Japanese large scale general contractor, the four others being owned and controlled by families.

Taisei has successfully constructed many civil and architectural projects including skyscrapers, dams, bridges, tunnels, subways as well as residential housing both in Japan and overseas. In Japan, Taisei is also well known for its disaster resistant general public housing brand Palcon (パルコン).

Noted international projects that Taisei was involved include the expansion of the Palm Islands undersea tunnel in Dubai, the Bosphorus undersea tunnel in Turkey, the New Doha International Airport in Qatar, the Noi Bai International Airport Terminal 2 in Hanoi, the Mega Bridge in Thailand, the Cần Thơ Bridge in Vietnam and the Iloilo International Airport in Iloilo City, Philippines.

International Operations

Headquarters

Taisei's international operations headquarters is located in Shinjuku Center Building, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Overseas Offices

Taiwan

Taipei Office: Zone B, 6F, No. 16, Sec. 4, Nan-Jing E. Road, Taipei, Taiwan R. O. C.

Qatar

Middle East Office Doha: Corner Abdullah Bin Jassim St., United Bank Bldg. 4th Floor, Facing QNB Bldg,Doha - Qatar, PO BOX 47366

U.S.A

U.S.A. Office California: 6261 Katella Avenue, Suite 200, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Office: 9-3, 9th Floor, Faber Imperial Court, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Indonesia

Jakarta Office: Plaza PP 5F, JL Letjend TB Simatupang, No.57, Pasar Rebo, Jakarta 13760, INDONESIA

India

Delhi Office: 4th Floor, SCO-56, Old Judicial Complex, Civil Lines, Gurgaon Haryana-122001, INDIA

Pakistan

Islamabad Office: House #16, Street #13, Sector: F7/2, Islamabad, Pakistan

Vietnam

Hanoi Office: Room No.410, 4th Floor, V-Tower,649 Kim Ma Street,Ngoc Khanh Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, S.R.VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh City Office: VIETNAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, Ho Chi Minh City Branch Building 7th FL,171 Vo Thi Sau St., Ward7, District-3,Hochiminh City, S.R.VIETNAM

Myanmar

Yangon Office: 2nd Floor,Tokyo Enterprise Building No.32, Pyay Road, 61/2miles, Hlairg Township, Yangon, Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Colombo Office: No.177, 3rd Floor, Galle Road, Colombo 03. Sri Lanka

Egypt

North Africa Office Cairo: 25th, Rd. No.10, Station Sqr, Maadi, Cairo, ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

Turkey

Istanbul Office: Barbaros Mah. Seyit Ahmet Deresi Sok. Bahar Sitesi Yani, 34662 Altunizade - Uskudar　Istanbul,　TURKEY

Subsidiaries and Affiliates

Indonesia

PT.PP-TAISEI INDONESIA Construction: 5th Floor,Plaza PP, JL Letjend TB Simatupang, No.57, Pasar Rebo,Jakarta 13760, INDONESIA
PT. INDOTAISEI INDAH DEVELOPMENT: Kawasan Industri Indotaisei, Kota Bukit Indah Sector IA, Block B Karihurip, Cikampek, Karawan, Jawa Barat, INDONESIA

Thailand

TAISEI (THAILAND) CO., LTD.: 9th Floor Thanapoom Tower, 1550 New Petchburi Rd., Kwaeng Makkasan, Khet Rachtavee, Bangkok 10400, THAILAND

Vietnam

VINATA INTERNATIONAL J/V LTD.CO. (Head Office): 3F, Song Da Bldg., Pham Hung Rd, My Dinh 1,Nam Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi, S.R. VIETNAM
VINATA INTERNATIONAL J/V LTD.CO. (Ho Chi Minh City Branch Office): 7th FL, VIETNAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TOWER,171 Vo Thi Sau St., District3, Hochiminh City, S.R.VIETNAM

China

CSCEC-TAISEI CONSTRUCTION, LTD. (Head Office): 4th Floor, Building No. 8, Foreign Culture Creativity Park, 19 Chegongzhuang Xi Road, Haidian District, BEIJING, P.R.C.
CSCEC-TAISEI CONSTRUCTION, LTD. (Shanghai Branch): Room 1307 XinDa Building, No.318 XianXia Road, Shanghai, 200336,CHINA

Philippines

TAISEI PHILIPPINE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED: 23rd Floor, Equitable Bank Tower, Paseo de Roxas, Salcedo Village, Makati City, PHILIPPINES

History

Taisei was founded in 1873 as Okuragumi Shokai Company (大倉組商会, Ōkuragumi Shōkai). It became Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd. (有限責任日本土木会社, Yūgen Sekinin Nippon Doboku Kaisha) in 1887, and was renamed Taisei Corporation in 1946.^[2]

1873 October - Okura Kihachiro founded Okuragumi Shokai.
1887 March - Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd. was established as a limited liability company.
1892 November - Dissolution of Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd and establishment of Okura Doboku Gumi (大倉土木組).
1911 November - Renamed to Kabushiki Gaisha Okura Gumi (株式会社大倉組).
1920 - Renamed to Nippon Doboku Kabushiki Gaisha (日本土木株式会社).
1924 - Renamed to Okura Doboku Kabushiki Gaisha (大倉土木株式会社).
1946 January, Renamed to Taisei Corporation.

Taisei completed Japan's first subway in 1927, the new Imperial Palace in 1968, and the Yokohama Bay Bridge in 1989.

Achievements

The following are some notable achievements of Taisei since its establishment in 1873.^[3]

1882 - Ginza Arc Lights: The first electrical street lighting in Japan was installed on Ginza Dori shopping street in Tokyo
1882 - Rokumeikan, a beautiful western-style building was constructed
1890 - Lake Biwa Lock and Tunnel: A modern development project in Kyoto to use the water of Lake Biwa in a canal and for power generation
1923 - New Imperial Hotel: The first real Western style hotel in Japan, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was constructed.
1927 - Tokyo’s Ginza Subway Line, Japan’s first subway connecting Ueno to Asakusa was constructed.
1955 - The terminal building at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) was constructed
1958 - National Stadium, the first major athletic stadium in Japan was constructed for the third Asian Games. After modification in 1963, it was used as the main stadium of the Tokyo Olympics
1965 - Mt. Fuji Weather Station, one of Japan’s main meteorological observing stations. It was constructed under harsh weather conditions at the highest altitude in Japan.
1988 - Seikan Tunnel is Japan's longest railway tunnel connecting Hakodate to Aomori by land. It took over 20 years to complete.
2001 - Sapporo Dome is a large dome constructed for the 2002 World Cup. With its hovering sliding pitch stage, the dome can host indoor football and baseball games.
2009 - Djibouti Kempinski Hotel, a high-class five-star hotel was designed and constructed in just nine months.
2012 - JP Tower is a seismic isolated building that preserves part of the old Tokyo Station Central Post Office on a block that faces Tokyo Station Plaza
2013 - Opening of the Bosphorus undersea tunnel, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 - Completed construction of the Noi Bai International Airport Terminal, Hanoi, Vietnam

Photos

Shinjuku Center Building, headquarters of Taisei Corporation in Tokyo.
Iloilo International Airport, Iloilo City, Philippines completed jointly by Taisei Corporation and Shimizu Corporation in 2007.
Night view of the Noi Bai International Airport Terminal 2.
Yokohama Bay Bridge
The JP Tower building in front of Tokyo Station.
The New Doha International Airport in Qatar

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Taisei Annual Report" (PDF). Taisei. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
↑ "Taisei History". Taisei. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
↑ "Taisei Achievements" (PDF). Taisei. Retrieved 2013-11-02.

External links

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