Architectural, civil engineering and general constructing firm in Japan
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Shimizu Corporation (清水建設株式会社,Shimizu Kensetsu kabushiki gaisha) is anarchitectural,civil engineering andgeneral contracting firm. It has annual sales of approximately US$15 billion and has been widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors inJapan and among the top 20 in the world.[4]
The company is named after its founder Kisuke Shimizu, who was born in Koba Village,Etchu (now part ofToyama), and has nothing to do with the former cityShimizu inShizuoka Prefecture. Kisuke Shimizu formed the company in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1804.[5] The company has been headquartered there ever since.