The following are some notable achievements of Taisei since its establishment in 1873. • 1882 -
Rokumeikan, a beautiful western-style building was constructed • 1890 -
Lake Biwa Lock and Tunnel: A modern development project in Kyoto to use the water of Lake Biwa in a canal and for power generation • 1923 -
New Imperial Hotel: The first real Western style hotel in Japan, designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright, was constructed. • 1927 -
Tokyo's Ginza Subway Line, Japan's first subway connecting
Ueno to
Asakusa was constructed. • 1955 - The terminal building at Tokyo International Airport (
Haneda) was constructed • 1958 -
National Stadium, the first major athletic stadium in Japan was constructed for the third
Asian Games. After modification in 1963, it was used as the main stadium of the
Tokyo Olympics • 1964 - Hotel New Otani, Japan's first skyscraper constructed in time to accommodate visitors to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. • 1965 -
Mt. Fuji Weather Station, one of Japan's main meteorological observing stations. It was constructed under harsh weather conditions at the highest altitude in Japan. • 1968 - Completion of the new
Imperial Palace. • 1988 -
Seikan Tunnel is Japan's longest railway tunnel connecting
Hakodate to
Aomori by land. It took over 20 years to complete. • 1989 - Completion of the
Yokohama Bay Bridge. • 1991 - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Main Building No. 1, a symbolic building towering over the new city center of Tokyo. • 1994 - Kannongawa River water-conveyance conduit (Original client: Kawasaki City, Client: Japan Sewage Works Agency), for which the spherical shield production process (horn industrial method) was adopted for the first time in the world. • 2001 -
Sapporo Dome is a large dome constructed for the
2002 World Cup. With its hovering sliding pitch stage, the dome can host indoor football and baseball games. • 2009 -
Djibouti Kempinski Hotel, a high-class five-star hotel was designed and constructed in just nine months. • 2010 - Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) Runway D adopted the world's first hybrid structure that combines a reclaimed land portion with a jetty portion. • 2012 -
JP Tower is a seismic isolated building that preserves part of the old Tokyo Station Central Post Office on a block that faces Tokyo Station Plaza • 2013 - Opening of the
Bosphorus undersea tunnel, Istanbul, Turkey. The undersea tunnel was constructed by the immersed tunnel method to form the world's deepest immersed tunnel, in one of the most rapid ocean currents in the world. • 2014 - Completed construction of the
Noi Bai International Airport Terminal, Hanoi, Vietnam • 2016 - Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower. Completed a high-rise building of about 230 meters tall, housing three functions of commercial office space, residential space, and retail space, in an extensive area of about 27,000 square meters that is adjacent to Roppongi-itchome Station on the Tokyo Metro
Namboku Line. • 2023 - Taisei Corporation,
Nippon Steel Corporation,
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), ITOCHU Oil Exploration Co., INPEX Corporation and
ITOCHU join forces for a feasibility study of the Advanced CCS project, part of the Tohoku West Coast CCS initiative. Such projects are a means of decarbonisation and are expected to lead the
Japanese government to carbon neutrality and a 46% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (from FY 2013 levels). The Corporation is participating in the
carbon capture and storage project in Japan. In May 2023, the company tested the feasibility and energy efficiency of second-life solar panels in new office buildings at Fukoka Airport. ==Domestic Operations==