Fluor Subsidiary to Take Part in Kyoto Rail Terminal Project

IRVINE â€”  Harvesting benefits of a long-term relationship with a major Japanese building company, Fluor Corp. on Wednesday said it will participate in a $1.25-billion railway passenger terminal project in Kyoto.

The Fluor Daniel subsidiary of the giant Irvine-based engineering and construction company will provide construction management services for the project under an agreement with Obayashi Corp. and three smaller Japanese contractors. The value of the contract to Fluor is about $90 million in gross revenue, a company spokeswoman said.

The joint venture group has been retained to design and construct the Kyoto Station Terminal Building for the Western Japan Passenger Railroad Co. Ltd. The project includes a 16-story, 545-room hotel and a 12-story department store with an enclosed parking structure.

Construction has been underway since October, 1994, and is scheduled for completion in November, 1997. Fluor has been involved in the project from its inception under a temporary agreement.

Fluor Daniel has worked with Obayashi, one of the largest contractors in Japan, on other projects in the United States and Japan. The two companies worked on construction of the Kansai International Airport North Terminal Building outside Tokyo, completed in June, 1994, and on a large computer chip manufacturing facility in Northern California for Japan’s NEC Corp., completed in 1993.