The world's leading transport contractors

Obayashi and the century-old Tokyo station

One of them is Obayashi, one of the largest construction corporations in Japan, including 86 subsidiaries and 26 joint ventures, with more than 13,000 employees and total annual net revenue of up to 1,400 billion yen (about 9.4 billion USD).

This contractor has also left many marks in major projects in Vietnam. Obayashi Corporation was established in 1892 in Osaka, Japan, named after its founder - Mr. Yoshigoro Obayashi. The main activities of the group are construction works (including many traffic works) and real estate business.

Tokyo Station was built by the Obayashi Corporation.

The development and reputation of this group is clearly demonstrated through the projects that Obayashi has carried out in Japan since its early years until now. Starting with the construction projects of Osaka Port and the Fifth National Industrial Exhibition Center.

In 1914, the Obayashi Company began construction of Tokyo Central Station (now Tokyo Station), marking the company's national technological advancement. The station survived the devastating Kanto earthquake that devastated Tokyo in 1923, but it remained intact.

Over the years, Obayashi has grown significantly through many projects, especially transportation works such as the first Osaka City Subway system, running from Yodoyabashi to Kitakyutaro-machi.

In 1991, celebrating its 100th anniversary, Obayashi continued to participate in many key transportation projects such as the construction of Kansai International Airport and the Tokyo Bay Expressway.

Not stopping at the national scale, Obayashi has made its mark with many international records. In 1962, Obayashi was the first Japanese construction company to receive a construction project abroad. After that, the company entered the US market and became the first Japanese contractor to win a bid for the San Francisco City Government's sewer system construction project.

In Vietnam, Obayashi Corporation took its first steps in 1992, establishing representative offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Over the years, Obayashi has become known for many outstanding projects such as: Thanh Tri Bridge, Tan Son Nhat International Airport Passenger Terminal, Thu Thiem Tunnel, East-West Avenue (Ho Chi Minh City)...

In addition to its hundreds of years of experience, Obayashi continues to innovate and develop new technologies. Most recently, it tested a new road infrastructure system at its Technology Research Center in Kiyose City, Tokyo, with many partners outside the construction industry.

The company will conduct tests to develop technologies to supply electricity to electric vehicles while they are moving or stationary on the road, as well as technologies to ensure communication while using system services.

This project, called "e-MoRoad", is expected to contribute to solving emerging problems in the world such as environmentally friendly and carbon-neutral electric vehicles.

Vinci manages up to 7,000km of highways and 36 airports.

Another world-renowned large-scale construction contractor is Vinci SA Vinci is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, in the western suburbs of Paris.

Vinci is a major player in the global construction and franchising industry, with 116,377 employees in over 100 different countries.

Vinci also operates in many fields, from high-rise construction projects, energy plants, infrastructure to (road transport, air transport, social). Vinci manages over 4,000km of highways, 36 airports in France and many other countries such as: Portugal, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Chile and Japan. It is considered the largest contractor in Europe in the construction sector with revenue of up to 49.3 billion euros (more than 52.6 billion USD) by 2022.

A Bechtel employee involved in the Tacoma Bridge project.

In terms of kilometers, Vinci is also the company that owns the largest number of licensed highways in Europe (4,400 km).

This world-class company was founded in 1899 by Alexandre Giros and Louis Loucheur as Giros et Loucheur (Girolou for short) from a small construction company specializing in public works projects.

The year 2000 marked a turning point for the company, which changed its name to Vinci and reached a completely new scale when it reached an agreement to acquire a leading French construction and concession company, GTM Group. That acquisition brought Vinci to the top of the industry, becoming the world's leading construction group, surpassing the French company Bouygues with more than 17 billion EUR in revenue in 2000.

Currently, the group has an average of more than 70,000 projects around the world each year, Vinci's activities include transport infrastructure, water infrastructure, renewable and nuclear energy, oil and gas, environment and mining.

Vinci also ranked fifth in the exclusive ranking of the International Construction Magazine of the world's 200 largest contractors. The French giant has repeatedly expressed its desire to cooperate with the Vietnamese government and partners in the field of highway development; Cooperate in exchanging experiences and transferring technology in managing and operating highways.

In addition, the group also expressed its desire to find ways to invest in developing new highway projects in Vietnam with Vietnamese partners.

CREC and its strategy to expand abroad

China Railway Corporation (CREC) is the general contractor for basic construction projects including: Railways, roads, urban administration, urban railway traffic, irrigation, hydropower, airports, seaports, ports, manufacturing of industrial equipment and components, real estate development, mineral resource exploitation, highway business and financial investment...

To date, the group has more than 380 branches in 105 countries with a total of about 290,000 employees; Revenue in 2022 is 1,150 billion yuan (about 157 billion USD).

China Railway Group is one of the units implementing the "going abroad" strategy along with Beijing's "Belt and Road" initiative.

Jakarta - Bandung high-speed railway project implemented by CREC.

CREC's overseas projects involving railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, housing construction, urban railways, urban engineering, mineral resources development, real estate development and industrial investment have covered 84 countries and regions across multiple continents.

Notable among these are railway projects such as: Indonesia - Bandung high-speed railway, China - Laos railway, Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway, automatic light rail in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)...

In Vietnam, China Railway Group is the general contractor for the Hanoi urban railway project, Cat Linh - Ha Dong line 2 with a total EPC contract value of 640 million USD; the Dak Nong wind power project with a total contract value of 18.1 million USD; and the tire factory project in Tien Giang with a total value of 5 million USD.

Bechtel Corporation builds many iconic buildings

In the US, the famous general contractor is Bechtel Corporation - a 125-year-old global engineering, construction and project management company. The corporation's revenue as of 2020 was approximately $17.6 billion.

It is one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world with more than 55,000 employees in nearly 50 countries. Bechtel provides a wide range of services, including engineering, procurement, construction, project management, operations and maintenance.

Bechtel has a long history of executing many iconic and challenging complex megaprojects such as the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant in the UK, the Panama Canal expansion, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Channel Tunnel, and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in the US.

Bechtel was also involved in some of the world's largest infrastructure projects, such as the Three Gorges Dam, the Ankara-Gerede highway in Türkiye - part of a road network connecting Europe and Asia in 1986.

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