TOYO CONSTRUCTION I INTEGRATED REPORT 2024 Toyo Construction also has a role to play in disaster prevention and mitigation. The Company owns a variety of work vessels, including self-propelled multipurpose vessels, and undertakes diverse construction projects, from on the coast to the open seas. In the wake of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, for example, when access to the affected area was cut off, we supported recovery efforts using a marine approach. In addition, at corporate facilities—the Technical Research Institute, Naruo, in Naruohama, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and the Technical Research Institute, Miho, in Mihomura, Ibaraki Prefecture—research goes beyond construction technologies to multifaceted exploration into disaster prevention and mitigation technologies. Looking ahead to the development of coastal and open-sea areas, we will seek to reinforce activities from a disaster prevention and mitigation perspective. To enhance our capabilities, we established the New Business & Marketing Department within the Civil Construction Division that extends Groupwide business reach into new fields, notably, carbon neutrality, energy conversion, disaster prevention and mitigation, and carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). Given a very significant rise in collaborations with national, corporate, and university research institutes, the new department will enable Toyo Construction to translate research results into project formation. Toyo Construction has built civil engineering into a large-scale business directly connected to solving social issues. We remain fully committed in our efforts to convey the social importance of civil engineering to the younger generation and encourage job seekers to consider a career in this industry.The Toyo Construction Group has strengths in marine construction that we utilize in the Civil Construction Division to execute infrastructure construction projects for both government agencies and the private sector. In the government-related civil engineering market, demand is stable, supported by strategies to strengthen national resilience to natural disasters, but a downturn in public investment is inevitable in the medium to long term, paralleling the population decrease. Meanwhile, in the private sector, the push toward carbon neutrality through energy conversion is gaining momentum, prompting changes in the market, and while we are a leader in marine civil engineering, the times require us to apply our expertise in new areas as well. As an example, in Japan’s first large, commercial-scale tidal turbine demonstration project, we are tasked with procurement and reinstallation of the generator. Plans are for the turbine-produced electricity to be transmitted to the power grid on Narushima, one of the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. Also of note, we have teamed up with the Offshore Wind Division to promote development of power transmission networks and communications infrastructure for offshore wind power generation. In civil engineering onshore, we are seeing increased interest from corporate clients eager to switch from blast furnaces to electric furnaces and alternative fuels, spurring demand for construction of energy-related facilities that connect the sea to the land, a task at which we excel. Going forward, we will continue to draw on accumulated technology and achievements to contribute to realizing a sustainable society.Installation of Japan’s first large, commercial-scale tidal turbine in Naru Strait of Goto IslandsAkira TateshitaManaging Executive OfficerGeneral Manager, Civil Construction DivisionWe will utilize accumulated technology and achievements to pave our entry into new fields and thereby contribute to realizing a sustainable society.Growth Strategies for the Future35
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