a construction contractor with major operations in thailand and southeast asia . originally a danish company it is today a listed company majority owned by the gp group . the company provides a comprehensive range of construction services including the design and construction of a variety of buildings and civil engineering works steel structures with a full range of electrical and mechanical engineering services . contents 1 early years 2 thailand operations 3 new facilities 4 references early years edit christiani & nielsen was established by rudolf christiani a danish civil engineer and aage nielsen a captain in the royal danish navy in copenhagen in 1904 to build bridges marine works and other reinforced concrete structures . 1 it soon established a branch in hamburg and after world war i extended its operations to the united kingdom south america australia and africa . in 1965 the company built the kish lighthouse in dublin bay . 2 thailand operations edit christiani & nielsen siam ltd. was established on 28 february 1930 . 1 over the years the company executed a number of projects including democracy monument klong toey port the krungthep krungthon and nonathburi bridges spanning bangkok s chao phraya river rajadamnern boxing stadium the sukhothai hotel in bangkok the 13th asian games sports stadium all season place office complex scg 100 years new office building certified as leed platinum class the prince mahidol acoustic hall the thai company was the first construction company to be listed on the stock exchange of thailand in 1991 . in december 1992 it completed a reverse takeover of its publicly listed danish parent company the first such transaction in thai business history . citation needed it later expanded into malaysia vietnam and china along with investment in engineering and property related businesses . as a result of the asian financial crisis in 1997 the company needed to undertake extensive restructuring by disposing of foreign subsidiaries and other investments and thereafter decided to focus on its core construction business in thailand . citation needed the past few years have seen radical changes in the shareholding structure of the company . to comply with new regulations of the bank of thailand in 2008 long standing major shareholder siam commercial bank pcl sold its stake to the crown property bureau giving them a majority share in the company . thereafter in 2011 the crown property bureau sold all its shares in the company to the gp group which thereby became the new major shareholder of the company . new facilities edit gp group funded new facilities including new offices a plant and steel fabrication yard and a training center for staff and workers . for the new offices the company purchased land at bangna and built a seven storey building which can accommodate up to 750 staff . in 2013 the old plant and steel fabrication yard moved to newly purchased premises at sriracha . the equipment yard houses some 10 000 items of construction machinery tools scaffolding and form work . the steel fabrication yard has a production capacity of over 10 000 tones per year . a training centre was built on a 30 rai plot of land at nimit mai in bangkok including four training buildings two accommodation buildings and a canteen . it has the capacity to train up to 2 000 workers each year . references edit a b christiani & nielsen website lighthouse on tow . british pathe . 1965 06 29 . retrieved 2015 07 14 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title christiani % 26 nielsen & oldid 738536063 categories companies of thailandcompanies listed on the stock exchange of thailandhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2009articles with unsourced statements from july 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskeestinorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 15 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view