Gammon Construction Limited (Chinese:

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 金門建築有限公司) is a leading construction

Construction

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 contractors headquartered in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. In addition to local construction projects, it also actively participating in various projects in China

China

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 and Southeast Asia

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.

History

The company originated from a construction business founded in India

India

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 in 1919 by John C. Gammon. Later, branches in Asia

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, the Middle East

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 and Africa

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 formed subsequently, and while these companies became largely independent, there was frequent interchange of staff, plant, finance and technology between them.

In 1955, a branch was engaged to build a new runway

Runway

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 at Kai Tak Airport

Kai Tak Airport

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 in Hong Kong. In 1958, Gammon Construction Limited ("Gammon") was formed to establish a permanent presence in Hong Kong.

Once incorporated in Hong Kong, it grew rapidly, obtaining construction work of a diverse nature. By the late 1970s, it was local expertise in piling, foundation

Foundation (architecture)

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s, substructure

Substructure

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s, tunnelling, bridge

Bridge

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s, building

Building

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, marine works and water storage schemes and were established as the leading contractor

Independent contractor

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 in Hong Kong, participating in many of the major infrastructure

Infrastructure

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 projects in the last twenty years.

The company began to expand business outside Hong Kong in 1980, establishing offices in Singapore

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 and Malaysia. This overseas business has grown significantly, particularly in China and Singapore.

Ownership

Jardine Matheson took a minority interest in Gammon in 1969 and it became a public company

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 in 1970. Then in 1975, Jardines

Jardines

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 acquired the remaining shareholding and thus Gammon became a wholly owned subsidiary of Jardines. In late 1983 Jardine Matheson sold 50 percent of Gammon to Trafalgar House

Trafalgar House (company)

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, a UK

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 based company involved in construction, shipping

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 and property

Property

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.In India

India

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 Gammon, was taken over in 1991 by Abhijit Rajan. Gammon then became the preferred constructor throughout the Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

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 region for both Jardines and Trafalgar House. In 1996, Kvaerner took over Trafalgar House thereby acquiring its 50% interest in the Gammon. Skanska

Skanska

Skanska AB, is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden, where it also is the largest construction company. The company's head office is in Solna, north of Stockholm.-History:...

 acquired all of Kvaerner's construction businesses (including Gammon) in late 2000. Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

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, the international engineering, construction and services group, subsequently purchased Skanska's 50% in Gammon in 2004.

Notable Projects in Hong Kong

Gammon has been participated in the construction of many major projects in Hong Kong.

• Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS)
• iSQUARE, 63 Nathan Road(Ex-Hyatt Regency Hotel)
• Tamar Development Project (Gammon-Hip Hing Joint Venture)
• Hong Kong Airport Skypier II
• Hong Kong - Shenzhen Western Corridor
• Deep Bay Link - Northern Section
• Three Pacific Place
• Route 8 Nam Wan Tunnel and West Tsing Yi Viaduct
• KCRC Tsim Sha Tsui (East Rail) Extension (Gammon-Nishimatsu Joint Venture)
• MTRC Penny's Bay Line Disneyland Station and Tai Yam Teng Rail Tunnel
• Le Méridien Cyberport
• One Peking
• Chater House
• Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal

Notable Projects in Singapore

• Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West Campus, Singapore
• Upgrading of Woodsville Interchange, Singapore
• ChinaTown Station and Associated Tunnels and DownTown Line,Singapore
• Bukit Panjang LRT