is an

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civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

and general contracting firm. It has annual sales of approximately US$15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

and among the top 20 in the world. It is a

family business A family business is a commercial organization in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family, related by blood or marriage or adoption, who has both the ability to influence the vision of the business and the willingn ...

listed in the

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

and Osaka stock exchanges and a constituent of the

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index.

About Shimizu

The company is named after its founder Kisuke Shimizu, who was born in Koba Village, Etchu (now part of Toyama), and has nothing to do with the former city Shimizu in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

. Kisuke Shimizu formed the company in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1804. The company has been headquartered there ever since. Shimizu Corporation is an international general contractor, publicly listed on the

Nagoya Stock Exchange Nagoya Stock Exchange (名古屋証券取引所 ''Nagoya Shōken Torihikijo'', NSE) is a stock trading market in Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's second largest exchange, behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange. History The Nagoya Stock Exchange (NSE) is t ...

and the

Osaka Securities Exchange , renamed from , is the largest derivatives exchange in Japan, in terms of amount of business handled. , the Osaka Securities Exchange had 477 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $212 billion. The Nikkei 225 Futures, intr ...

and is a constituent of the

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. It has a network spanning Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa.

Services offered

* Planning & Consulting * Development & Financing * Design * Construction * Facility Management * Maintenance * Renovation * Engineering & Technology * Research & Development

Notable constructions

Japan *

Yoyogi National Gymnasium Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming ...

Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line The , also known as the Trans-Tokyo Bay Expressway, is an expressway that is mainly made up of a bridge–tunnel combination across Tokyo Bay in Japan. It connects the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture with the city of Kisarazu in Chiba ...

- Aqua-Line tunnel and Umihotaru (an artificial island used as a rest station on the Aqua-Line) * JR Hakata City * Haneda Airport runway D *

Fukuoka Airport , formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located east of Hakata Station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Fukuoka Airport is the principal airport on the island of Kyushu and is the fourth busiest passenger ...

Cargo Terminal *

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a , 50-story educational facility located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building is home to three educational institutions: Tokyo Mode Gakuen (fashion vocational school), HAL Tokyo (special technology and d ...

Asia * Bãi Cháy Bridge * Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 *

Malaysia–Singapore Second Link The Malaysia–Singapore Second Link ( ms, Laluan Kedua Malaysia–Singapura, zh, 马新第二通道) is a bridge connecting Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. In Singapore, it is officially known as the Tuas Second Link. The bridge was built to r ...

* Bính Bridge * Luzhou Line (Taipei Metro) * THSR Tainan Station

Dream Megaproject Concepts

*Lunar Solar Power Generation - Luna Ring (generation of electricity using a belt of solar cells around the lunar equator) *TRY2025 The Environmental Island - Green Float (botanical city concept) * Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid (a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay) *Inter Cell City (a sustainable, environmentally conscious city) *Space Hotel (space tourism) *Lunar Bases *Urban Geo-Grid Plan (coordination of facilities above ground and underground for increased efficiency) *Desert Aqua-Net Plan (desert canals) *Ocean Spiral (underwater city)

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