Gammon Construction Limited is a Hong Kong

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and engineering contractor headquartered in Kwun Tong,

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. In addition to local construction projects, it also involved in construction and engineering various projects in

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History

The company originated from a construction business founded in

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by John C. Gammon in 1919. In 1955, a branch was engaged to build a new

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in Hong Kong. In 1958, Gammon Construction Limited ("Gammon") was formed to establish a permanent presence in Hong Kong. Once incorporated in Hong Kong, it grew rapidly, obtaining construction work of a diverse nature. By the late 1970s, it was established as the leading contractor in Hong Kong, participating in many of the major

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projects of that time. The company began to expand business outside Hong Kong, establishing offices in

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Ownership

Jardine Matheson Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) is a Hong Kong-based Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange and ...

took a minority interest in Gammon in 1969 and it became a

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in 1970. Then in 1975, Jardines acquired the remaining

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and thus Gammon became a

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of Jardines. In late 1983 Jardine Matheson sold 50 percent of Gammon to Trafalgar House, a UK based company involved in construction,

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and

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. In

, Gammon was taken over in 1991 by Abhijit Rajan. In Pakistan Gammon was taken over by the Bibojee Group. Gammon then became the preferred constructor throughout the

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region for both Jardines and Trafalgar House. In 1996, Kvaerner took over Trafalgar House thereby acquiring its 50% interest in Gammon.

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acquired all of Kvaerner's construction businesses, including Gammon, in late 2000.

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, the international engineering, construction and services group, subsequently purchased Skanska's 50% in Gammon in 2004.

Corporate affairs

It has its head office in Kwun Tong. It occupies of space there. It moved there circa 2019. Previously its head office was in

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Notable projects

Gammon has been involved in the construction of various major projects in Hong Kong and around the region: *

Bukit Panjang LRT line The Bukit Panjang LRT line (BPLRT) is a automated guideway transit line in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. The BPLRT is the only LRT line operated by SMRT Trains. As the name suggests, it serves 13 stations in the neighbourhood of Bukit Panjang and ...

completed in 1999 *

Chater House Chater House () is an office tower in Central, Hong Kong. Opened in March 2003, it is a part of the Hongkong Land portfolio of properties. It has a three-level retail podium, known as Landmark Chater. The building was built on the site of th ...

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completed in 2002 * Tseung Kwan O line extension in Hong Kong completed in 2002 *

One Peking Road One Peking Road is a prominent 30-floor office building in Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. History The developer for the project was Glorious Sun Group who paid HK$1.24 billion for the site at a government auction in April 1998. ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

, Hong Kong completed in 2003 * Le Méridien Cyberport in

Southern District, Hong Kong The Southern District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the southern part of Hong Kong Island. It had a population of 274,994 in 2016. Geography The Southern District faces the South China Sea at the south, and is ...

completed in 2004 *

Three Pacific Place Pacific Place is a complex of office towers and hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The latest phase, Three Pacific Place, is located at 1 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. The four-level shopping centre ...

Admiralty, Hong Kong Admiralty is the eastern extension of the central business district (adjacent to, but separate from, Central) on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern end of the Central and Western District, bordered by Wan Chai to ...

completed in 2004 * Maintenance depot on the

Ma On Shan line The Ma On Shan line () was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the MTR map, the line acted as a branch of the East Rail line that connects the new towns of Sha ...

in Hong Kong completed in 2004 * The

Disneyland Resort line The Disneyland Resort line is a heavy rail MTR line connecting Sunny Bay to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, coloured pink on the network diagram. It is the seventh line of the former MTR network before the merger of MTR and KCR, and the ...

on the

Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula () is the peninsula located at the northeast of Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong, including Yam O, To Kau Wan, Tai Tsing Chau, Tsing Chau Tsai and Penny's Bay. Administration Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula admin ...

in Hong Kong completed in 2005 * The northern section of the

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completed in 2007 *

One Island East One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Overview The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys plus two levels of basement. There is ...

Eastern District, Hong Kong The Eastern District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 588,094 in 2011. The district has the second highest population while its residents have the third highest median household income among 18 districts. Geog ...

completed in 2008 * Upgrading of the Woodsville Interchange in Singapore completed in 2008 *

Nam Wan Tunnel Nam Wan Tunnel is a tunnel in Hong Kong opened to traffic on 20 December 2009, along with the West Tsing Yi Viaduct, East Tsing Yi Viaduct and Stonecutters Bridge. The road tunnel, which forms an important part of the HK$15 billion Route ...

in Hong Kong completed in 2009 *

iSQUARE iSQUARE () is a 31-storey high shopping centre located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the former site of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by the Associated International Hotels Ltd. Introduction iSQUARE ...

in Kowloon, Hong Kong completed in 2009 * Institute of Technical Education College West Campus in Singapore completed in 2010 * The

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section of the

Chinatown MRT station Chinatown MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North East (NEL) and Downtown (DTL) lines in Outram, Singapore. It serves the ethnic enclave of Chinatown. Situated at the junction of Eu Tong Sen ...

in Singapore completed in 2013 * The

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Cargo Terminal at

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completed in 2015 * The Midfield Concourse at Hong Kong International Airport completed in 2016 * The northern section of the

Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station West Kowloon station (abbreviated WEK), also known as Hong Kong West Kowloon, is the southern terminus of and the only station on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (HSR). The station co ...

completed in 2018 * The southern section of the

Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link The Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link (, abbreviated as TM–CLKL) is a road project in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It comprises two elements: the "Northern Connection" and the "Southern Connection". The Northern Connection comprises an undersea tu ...

completed in 2018 The company is also involved in the construction of the

Mayflower MRT station Mayflower MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. Situated underneath Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, the station serves various landmarks including the Kebun Baru ...

due to be completed in 2021 and

Havelock MRT station Havelock MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast MRT line, Thomson–East Coast line in the Bukit Merah planning area, Singapore. Spanning Zion Road, it serves Bukit Ho ...

due to be completed in 2022.

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