Hazama Ando

Hazama Ando Corporation, commonly known in Japanese as Ando Hazama, is a Japanese general contractor and construction group headquartered in Tokyo. The company was created in 2013 through the merger of Hazama Corporation and Ando Corporation, bringing together two long-established builders with roots in Japan’s modern construction industry. Hazama’s predecessor was established in 1889, while Ando’s predecessor dates to 1873. The merger consolidated their engineering, contracting, project-delivery, procurement, and overseas capabilities under a single corporate identity. The company operates across the broad spectrum of general construction. Its work includes building construction, civil engineering, infrastructure development, transportation projects, airport-related construction, tunnels, bridges, urban facilities, and other large-scale public and private works. As a general contractor, Hazama Ando typically coordinates design and engineering functions, specialist subcontractors, materials procurement, construction management, and the execution of complex projects rather than concentrating on a single consumer-facing product line. Before the merger, Hazama and Ando established a capital and business relationship in 2003. The two companies collaborated on receiving orders and procuring materials, creating an operating foundation for the later combination. The 2013 merger was therefore the culmination of a decade of commercial cooperation rather than an entirely new market entry. The resulting company is described as one of Japan’s ten largest construction companies. Hazama Ando’s project record includes major Japanese transportation and civic infrastructure, including work associated with Tokyo’s Ginza Line, Kansai International Airport, Chubu Centrair International Airport, and Tokyo Big Sight. Its international portfolio includes bridges, airports, tunnels, expressways, rail infrastructure, and high-rise or commercial developments. Projects cited in connection with the company and its predecessor businesses include the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, One Raffles Place in Singapore, the Hải Vân Tunnel in Vietnam, the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in the Philippines, and the eastern section of Algeria’s East–West Highway. The company’s international presence has included offices and activities in Asia, particularly South Asia, as well as the United States, Mexico, and countries in Central and South America. This geographic reach complements its domestic base in Japan, where infrastructure renewal, urban development, transport systems, disaster resilience, and large public works are important areas for major contractors. Hazama Ando’s positioning is consequently that of an integrated, technically capable general contractor serving government, infrastructure, commercial, and industrial clients. Its brand is associated primarily with project execution, engineering depth, construction quality, and experience in complex civil and building works rather than with a standardized retail product.

Hazama Ando’s history combines the corporate lineages of Hazama and Ando, two Japanese construction businesses established during different periods of the country’s industrial and urban development. Ando’s predecessor was founded in 1873, while Hazama’s predecessor was established in 1889. Over time, both companies developed experience in general contracting, building construction, civil engineering, and major infrastructure works. Their project histories include transport, civic, commercial, and international construction. Projects associated with the two businesses and the later group include Tokyo’s Ginza Line in 1933, the Kanmon Bridge in 1971, and the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador in 1980. During the 1980s and 1990s, the companies participated in projects such as One Raffles Place in Singapore, Autopolis in Hita, Kansai International Airport, Tokyo Big Sight, the New Choluteca Bridge in Honduras, and the underground section of Kuala Lumpur’s Kelana Jaya Line. The record demonstrates a progression from domestic Japanese works to increasingly international and technically complex projects. Hazama and Ando formed a capital and business tie-up in 2003. Their cooperation included joint efforts in order acquisition and materials procurement. This arrangement allowed the companies to work together while retaining separate corporate identities and helped establish practical links between their operations. It also provided a foundation for combining their resources when competition, project scale, and the need for broader capabilities favored greater consolidation. In 2013, Hazama Corporation and Ando Corporation merged, creating Hazama Ando Corporation. The new company combined the two predecessors’ construction expertise, project portfolios, personnel, and geographic reach. Following the merger, Hazama Ando continued to operate as a major Japanese general contractor, with activities spanning buildings, civil engineering, transportation infrastructure, airports, bridges, tunnels, roads, and large commercial developments. The company’s later project references include the reclamation work for Chubu Centrair International Airport in 2003, the Hải Vân Tunnel in 2005, the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in the Philippines in 2008, and the eastern section of Algeria’s East–West Highway in 2011. Overseas offices and business activities have extended across Asia, including South Asia, and into the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Hazama Ando therefore represents the continuation of two historic Japanese contractors in a post-merger structure with both a strong domestic base and international construction capabilities.

• 2013

  Hazama Ando formed

  [1]Hazama Andoen.wikipedia.org

  Hazama Corporation and Ando Corporation merged to establish the current Hazama Ando Corporation.

• 2003

  Capital and business tie-up

  [1]Hazama Andoen.wikipedia.org

  Hazama and Ando entered a capital and business relationship and began cooperating on order acquisition and materials procurement.

• 1933

  Tokyo Ginza Line project

  [1]Hazama Andoen.wikipedia.org

  A project associated with the predecessor businesses involved Tokyo’s Ginza Line, an early example of their urban transport construction work.

• 1889

  Hazama predecessor established

  [1]Hazama Andoen.wikipedia.org

  The predecessor of Hazama Corporation was founded, establishing the second historical lineage of the later merged company.

• 1873

  Ando predecessor established

  [1]Hazama Andoen.wikipedia.org

  The predecessor of Ando Corporation was established, beginning one of the two historical corporate lineages that later formed Hazama Ando.

A large Japanese general contractor positioned around integrated building construction, civil engineering, infrastructure delivery, and international project execution.

• Construction services

  Building construction

  Hazama Ando delivers building projects as a general contractor, coordinating engineering, procurement, construction management, specialist trades, and site execution. Its cited project history includes major commercial and civic developments such as Tokyo Big Sight and One Raffles Place. The offering is project-based rather than a standardized product, and may cover complex urban, institutional, commercial, and high-rise facilities.

• Civil engineering

  Civil engineering and infrastructure

  Civil engineering is a core part of Hazama Ando’s business. The company and its predecessors have worked on bridges, tunnels, roads, rail systems, airport-related infrastructure, and other large public works. These projects require integrated technical planning, heavy construction, materials coordination, safety management, and long-term delivery capability across challenging sites and operating environments.

• Transportation infrastructure

  Airport and transport infrastructure

  The group’s transportation-related work includes airport construction and reclamation, rail infrastructure, expressways, bridges, and tunnels. Referenced examples include Kansai International Airport, the reclamation work for Chubu Centrair International Airport, the Kelana Jaya Line underground section, the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway, and the Hải Vân Tunnel. Such projects illustrate its role in complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure delivery.

• 2013

  Merger of Hazama Corporation and Ando CorporationM&A

  Background

  The two companies had maintained a capital and business relationship since 2003, including cooperation in order acquisition and materials procurement. That relationship preceded the decision to combine their businesses.

  Action taken

  Hazama Corporation and Ando Corporation merged and began operating as Hazama Ando Corporation.

  Aftermath

  The merger created a large Japanese general contractor with combined domestic expertise and an international project and office network.

  Source

1. 1Hazama Andoen.wikipedia.org