With the encouragement of the Chinese government and financing assistance from the Export-Import Bank of China, CSCEC branched out as a builder and investor of overseas projects, becoming Chinas largest construction contractor. The company is well known for undertaking super high-rise, super scale construction, cutting-edge and novel projects.
CSCEC opened its first overseas office in Kuwait in the late 1970s and has grown from strength to strength in this region ever since and now employs around 15,000 workers. The Yu Tao-led company made its debut in Dubai in 2005 working on villas on Palm Jumeirah. From there the company started to take large and more complex orders like Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital and the Doha Tower in Qatar. Most recently winning a $580mn contract in Kuwait to build and manage a giant education city project – Sabah Al Salem University City.
Among the high profile jobs it is carrying out at the moment is probably its work on the midfield terminal building of Abu Dhabi Airport where it has done the infrastructure and is the specialist in the steel structure and mechanical package. CSCEC is also carrying out work related to the Dubai Canal extension. In all it has completed over $5bn worth of projects in the Gulf.
Projects:
»Abu Dhabi Airport Midfield Terminal Building
»Dubai Water Canal
»Palm Villas
»Doha Tower
»Meydan Racecourse