Sinohydro

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Sinohydro Corporation
Company type State-owned
SSE: 601669
Industry Civil engineering
Founded1950 (1950)
FounderHydrochina Corporation
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Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Song Dongsheng (宋东升) (Chairman)
Website www.sinohydro.com

Sinohydro (Chinese :中国水电; long form: 中国水利水电建设集团公司) is a Chinese state-owned hydropower engineering and construction company. In the 2012 Engineering News-Record Top 225 Global Contractors, a ranking by annual revenue, the company is 14th by overall position, and 6th among Chinese construction companies. [1]

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History

The company was founded in 1950, and is based in Beijing, China.

International expansion

The company has gone on the path of international expansion, becoming a "face of China expansion" across the world by pursuing operations in 55 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe (from the European headquarters of Belgrade, Serbia), North America, and South America. [2]

In the course of international expansion, the company has run into bumps ranging from political risk to environmental controversy. Workers of the affiliated company Power Construction Corporation were abducted in 2012 by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North while building a road in Sudan. In a Daily Star article dated Aug 4, 2014, the company admitted to being under temporary debarment by the World Bank in response to a query by Bangladesh government with reference to a bid placed for the Padma Bridge project.[ citation needed ]

In Malaysia, the company worked on a joint venture with Sime Engineering to build the largest dam in the country. The Malaysian blog Sarawak Report alleged that Sinohydro had widely used a technique involving adding excessive water to cement, making the construction unsafe. Sinohydro responded that the dam was safe but some work like the cleaning of silos was not done "following instructions". [3] The webpage of the Sarawak Report was hacked after it published the story. [4]

Operations

The main operating company of the group is Sinohydro Ltd (中国水利水电建设股份有限公司) which is a major subsidiary formed from units of the Group parent (中国水利水电建设集团公司) and Sinohydro Consulting (中国水电工程顾问集团公司) and now held through a holding company Sinohydro Group Limited (中国电力建设集团有限公司).

The company engages in architectural projects, electric power investment, house property and real estate, research and development, and design and manufacture of construction equipment. It provides investment, project financing, consultation, and construction services. The company also engages in the manufacture and installation of mechanical and electrical plants. It trades in water conservancy, power generation, expressway, railway, harbor and sea-route, airport, municipal public utility, and building industries. [2]

Projects

The management and operation of the hydro-electric power station will be delivered to the IEC upon completion of the project in the end of 2022.

Selected by the government of Bangladesh for River Training Works(14 km length) of the Padma Bridge Padma Multi-Purpose Bridge in Lohajong, South of capital Dhaka. Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period). Contract Cost : BDT: 8707.81 crore. Date of work order : 31 December 2014. Date of Completion : Physical Progress of Work : Handed over land to Contractor, Mobilization of equipments & procurement of materials as well as Contractor's accommodation, stack yard, casting yard etc. construction are going on.

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References

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