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The world’s 100 tallest buildings: Which contractors have worked on the most?

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The world’s 100 tallest buildings: Which contractors have worked on the most?

Only one firm has worked on more than 10 of the world’s 100 tallest buildings.


By CTBUH and BD+C Staff | October 28, 2016

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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat recently released 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings, a book detailing the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the projects found within the book's pages.

As part of its company rankings, the top contractors were listed and ranked according to the number of buildings within the world’s 100 tallest they have completed work on.

CSCEC Group of Companies was the only company to reach double digits, having worked on 21 buildings. The next closest firms were Arabian Construction Company and Shanghai Construction Group, tying for second with six buildings each.

You can view CTBUH’s top structural engineers list below or by clicking here.

Rank Company # of Buildings
1 CSCEC Group of Companies 21
2 Arabian Construction Company 6
2 Shanghai Construction Group 6
4 AECOM 4
4 Brookfield Multiplex 4
4 Samsung C&T Corporation 4
7 Hong Kong Construction (Holdings) Limited 3
7 Kumagai Gumi 3
7 Saudi Bin Laden Group 3
7 Turner Construction Company 3
11 Arabtec 2
11 Besix 2
11 Dubai Civil Engineering 2
11 Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JV 2
11 Lend Lease 2

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