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 footnotes references 1 2 3 kajima head office kajima corporation kajima kensetsu kabushiki gaisha is a japanese construction company . founded in 1840 the company has its headquarters in motoakasaka minato tokyo . 1 the company is known for its dib 200 proposal . 4 the company stock is traded on four leading japanese stock exchanges and is a constituent of the nikkei 225 stock index . 5 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 . contents 1 history 2 demolition technology 3 film backing 4 footnotes 5 external links history edit 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 kant 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 t kai jrr 1 reactor 1959 construction of the t kaid 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 2002 hawaiian dredging is acquired from dillingham construction . 6 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 7 demolition technology edit 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 . 8 film backing edit the kasumigaseki building built by kajima is the main subject of the film ch k s no akebono which was backed by kajima . 9 footnotes edit a b kajima corporate data . retrieved march 16 2014 . kajima factbook 2013 pdf . retrieved march 16 2014 . kajima financial highlights . retrieved march 16 2014 . binder georges ed . 2006 . 101 of the world s tallest buildings . council on tall buildings and urban habitat . images publishing . p. 13 . isbn 978 1 864 70173 9 . components nikkei stock average . nikkei inc. retrieved march 11 2014 . hawaiian dredging sold to japanese firm . the honolulu advertiser . retrieved 2016 09 18 . company history . retrieved march 16 2014 . kajima demolition tech . popular science . december 2008 . retrieved 2008 11 18 . schilling mark . airplane flick tells only half the story . the japan times . friday november 14 2008 . retrieved on february 19 2010 . external links edit japan portal tokyo portal architecture portal engineering portal companies portal official site japanese english site english v t e nikkei 225 companies of japan 7 & i advantest on agc ajinomoto alps ana amada aozora bank asahi breweries asahi kasei astellas bridgestone canon 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