Hong Kong Cultural Centre was designed by the Architectural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. Kumagai was not only the main contractor for the entire project, but also designed and built a double deck public pier on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront and undertook extensive landscaping works surrounding the Centre.  The Centre’s external wall cladding, internal wall finishing and all stone works were also designed by Kumagai and completed with the finest workmanship.

This contract involved the construction of a Main Auditorium Building, a Studio Theatre, basement, office, restaurant, library, access deck and external paving and landscaping. The Main Auditorium Building is an L-shaped building with the inner wall expressed as a compound curve. Two flanking wings enclose the Lyric Theatre and the Concert Hall respectively, while the axis between the theatres forms a foyer zone to serve both theatres.

This project is for the construction of a 15-storey five-star hotel on the Tsim Sha Tsui East waterfront. The hotel has a gross floor area of around 40,000 sq m. Its design is distinguished for its sophisticated use of curved curtain walling which helps the building blend in harmoniously with its surroundings. Special construction methods were used to allow its foundation, columns and superstructure to be built simultaneously.

This 70-storey, 365m-high building was the first composite structure steel and reinforced concrete frame structure to be built in Hong Kong. Designed by world-renowned architect I M Pei, the crystalline structure has a square base that is divided into four triangular which taper off at different stages creating a prism-like exterior that stands out among the many striking buildings already gracing the Hong Kong skyline. Kumagai is also the contractor for the building’s interior design.

This design and build contract commenced in the mid-1980s. The most luxurious and prestigious five-star hotel in China, the Palace was one of the first buildings in China to successfully integrate Chinese and Western architectural features into a landmark of exquisite taste and style.  The hotel has 570 rooms and suites, a skylight swimming pool, a grand ballroom and a splendid shopping arcade.

This design and building project involves construction of a 490-room hotel, service apartments, office accommodation and shopping arcade in a 52-storey tower, the tallest in Beijing. Jing Guang Centre occupies a convenient location in the capital’s Chao Yang business district and has a total floor area of some 150,000 sq m.

This is the first large sea view residential development in Sham Tseng and amply showed off Kumagai’s high standards of workmanship.

This is one of the largest residential and retail developments above an MTR station, with a gross floor area of 387,500 sq m and 4,112 residential units in 17 towers. Facilities on site include shopping arcade, market, indoor sports centre, swimming pools, children’s playground, tennis courts kindergarten and elderly center.

Following the success of East Ocean Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kumagai undertook construction of the New East Ocean Centre in a nearby location. The building is distinguished for its smart design and superior quality reflective glass curtain walling. Kumagai’s contract included the construction of a sub-station for the Fire Services Department.

This is one of the first A-grade office, apartment and retail complexes developed in Haikou. Its clean and sophisticated design has since set a trend in other Hainan developments.

One of the largest printing factories in the Yuen Long Industrial Estate, this single-storey Toppan building has a huge overall size of 210m x 95m with a building height of 8.3m. The design is modern, high-tech and efficient.

This office, apartment and retail complex with its highly aesthetic architectural features is the best recognized landmark in Shenzhen. The 68-storey steel and concrete office tower rises to a height of 298 metres. The residential tower has a unique shape and is finished to the highest standards.

This is the prime luxury residential development in Haikou. The 8 towers offer 1,168 apartments ranging from 80 sq m to 150 sq m and feature a large swimming pool, landscaped garden and club house.

This twin-tower residential development in the bustling Dongmen area has a large retail podium and apartments of various sizes fitted to high standards.

CITIC Plaza occupies an excellent location nearby the Hong Kong-Guangzhou express train terminal at Tien He, Guangzhou’s new commercial district. At 391 meters high, this office, apartment and retail complex is the tallest building in Guangzhou and the second tallest in China. Hi-tech, simple and muscular, the 80-storey office tower provides 147,000 sq m of office spare. The twin 38-storey towers flanking the main building rise above a retail podium and feature skylight roofs, a large swimming pool and some 1,000 carpark spaces. They provide 70,000 sq m of residential space fitted out to the highest standards as executive apartments.

This was Kumagai’s own development of 16 luxury houses in Redhill, Tai Tam. The villas average around 3,900 sq ft each in size and all have panoramic sea views, garden and ample car parking space.

This state-of-the-art airport designed by Norman Foster was the pride of Kumagai and its BCJ joint venture partners, AMEC and Balfour Beatty of UK, Maeda Corporation of Japan, and China State Construction Engineering Corporation. The sheer scale of the project was daunting. At a contract sum of $10.1 billion, it is the largest single contract ever awarded inHong Kong. The Terminal is a massive 8-storey building with a base area large enough for 400 soccer fields and a volume of 550,000 cubic metres. The BCJ joint venture coordinated a large number of sub-contractors, suppliers and consultants to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality. Some 15 database engineering systems were installed and over 1 million drawing sheets were processed. At the peak of activity, a labour force of over 5,000 from many countries worked on site; concrete frame production reached 40,000 cubic metres per month. Works on the 1.2 km long roof presented a new set of challenges because of its sheer size and the new technologies involved. But the most critical factor for the project was the short time scale. The contract was awarded in January 1995 and completed in July 1998.

This superstructure contract from a joint venture between Cheung Kong Holdings and Pacific Concord Ltd involves the construction of 11 residential towers, a large swimming pool and landscaped gardens along the Ma On Shan seafront.

This superstructure contract involves the construction of a 30-storey office tower and a 5-storey sports and retail centre on the newly reclaimed West Kowloon waterfront.

The Phase IIA superstructure contract includes the construction of two 36-storey and one 38-storey residential towers with carparks and a landscaped podium deck. The Phase IIB superstructure contract includes the construction of four 37-storey and two 39-storey residential towers with carparks, a landscaped podium deck and club house.

This main contract involves the construction of 3 exhibition floors and basement carparks, forming the west wing of a sprawling convention centre in bustling Shanghai.  This reinforced concrete structure is topped by a space frame structure and is distinguished for its column-free space on the top level, which has a ceiling height of 12 metres. Total construction floor area is around 40,000 sq m.

Kumagai was in a joint venture with AMEC of Britain for this project. Two 6-storey office towers are being built as headquarters for Dragonair and CNAC respectively. They are linked by a glass atrium walkway. The contract includes the construction of adjoining crew training centre for Dragonair.

This main contract involves the construction of a 62-storey reinforced concrete tower with 29 levels of luxury duplex apartments, a club house and five levels of carparks. Total construction floor area is around 25,000 sq m.

This main contract involves the construction of a 19-storey tower and a 2-storey annex building, with a total construction floor area of around 29,000 sq m.

The design and construction of the Shatin Government Offices is our latest effort to showcase the state-of-the-art building technology for office buildings. Designed by the world-renowned architectural firm of Nikken Sekkei Ltd of Japan, who for the first time is collaborating with our Company in a design-and-build contract, it features many innovative building systems that are new in Hong Kong. Drawing from our many years of institutional experience in being the team leader in the field of project management in design, development and construction, we can provide unparalleled expertise in all aspects of project and construction management.

This contract involves the construction of two nos. 24 classrooms standard primary schools which will be eight-storey and seven-storey high. The contract includes the design and construction of piled foundations.

Structural system design and construction of the 3 schools in area 27 and 101 at Tin Shui Wai. The innovated extruded aluminum prefabricated hand set formwork system that are new in Hong Kong can show our expertise in the system formwork construction and the environment consideration. This extruded aluminum hand set system was developed by Canti-lever in Australia under our advice and assistance.

The Science Park along Tolo Harbour is a major government funded project aimed at developing innovation and technology in Hong Kong. Phase 1A development involves the construction of a 6-storey office and a service building (Building 1 & 2), a 10-storey carpark building, an icon tower with fibre-optic bundles at top, a footbridge connecting the carpark building and Building 1 and 2 across a carriageway; and an underground service tunnel.

Shanghai New International Expo Center was a major project in Pudong, Shanghai in year 2001. The structure is designed by USA Architect Murphy/Jahn Inc. Phase I of the project includes 5 nos. of Exhibit Hall, 1 no. of Entry Hall and Link Halls between all the Halls. The total construction area is about 76,000 sq m. The concrete raft is supported by concrete piles. The primary structure system of the roof consists of simply supported steel girders with short cantilevers both ends. Each girder has a center span of 72m. The roof is covered with fiberglass membrane. The external wall are built by glass/metal façade.

The project site area is 220,565 sq m and the total construction floor area is 255,615 sq m.  The contract works include the construction of : a two-level basement for E&M equipments; a one-level basement car park; two tunnels; a 60-metre high reinforced concrete main building finished with interior fitting-out and a 126-metre long span steel roof truss. The project will provide 6,000 numbers of international standard booths in exhibition and 6,400 numbers of international standard booths in exhibition and 6,400 numbers of seats in convention part when completed.

The construction of 4 blocks of residential towers ranging from 39 to 50 storeys high including indoor swimming pool and children Club House over a 5-level podium which has already been built by the Phase I Main Contractor. The Works include also soft and hard landscaping works at podium roof, fitting-out works for the Community Hall on G/F, and external works including hard landscaping, road works and paving on G/F of Eastern podium portion.

The works include the construction of a three level podium for shopping arcade, day nursery, club house, carpark; 9 numbers of transfer plates; an internal road; an emergency vehicular access (EVA) and three 53 storeys high residential towers.

The works also include the design and construction for the pre-cast facades which will be finished with wall, rendering, tiling and windows before delivered to site giving a better quality of work as well as to improve the environment by producing less construction waste.

Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the National Grand Theatre, located on the west side of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, will be a splendid structure set amidst a man-made lake. It will have a gross construction area of 180,000 sq m. The design encompasses multi-level halls and theatres, exhibition areas, shops, restaurants and carparks. One of the distinguishing features of the architecture is a 60m-long transparent underwater passageway linking the main entrance and the grand theatre’s reception lobby.

The Company is undertaking this joint venture main contract with Beijing Urban Construction Group and Shanghai Construction Group of China.

The new Hong Kong School of Creativity is a school dedicated to train and nurture talents in the performing and contemporary arts, through the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture. It is principally a government funded project, designed by the award-winning architect Rocco Yim, and sited in the education hub of Kowloon Tong.