Global Business

Centered on Ground Improvement Technology,
We are Actively Expanding our Business Overseas

Currently Fudo Tetra is actively promoting its overseas business with projects largely in ground improvement. In 2005 we set up a US subsidiary, and in 2008 we opened branch offices in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Jakarta in Indonesia.

Overseas branches （subsidiaries, branch offices）
Project locations

South East Asia

North America

Africa

Project Portfolio

Fudo Tetra possesses a wealth of technologies for strengthening soft ground established over many years working in Japan. We are now extending our reach overseas, using these technologies together with our implementation [implementation is better here than execution] expertise. From the late 1970s through the 80s we completed a number of overseas projects in ground improvement along with general civil engineering and construction, and since 2005 we have worked continuously overseas, mostly in South East Asia and North America, specializing in ground improvement.
With regard to wave-dissipating blocks, our plans to expand overseas took us to South Korea in 2012 for our first tie–up with a South Korean company for the manufacture of block formwork, its use and leasing. In recent years we have also established a presence in Africa.

US Market

Focusing on the seismically active West Coast of the US, we have worked on ground improvement projects for mitigating liquefaction damage. In New Orleans in the south, our deep mixing CI-CMC method was utilized in work to restore dikes damaged in the floods caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Bangladesh / Sand Compaction Pile（Compozer）Method

Up to now, ground improvement methods have rarely been used in South East Asia as earthquake countermeasures. However, countries where damage due to seismic activity is likely to occur, such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Philippines and Indonesia, may require the same sort of ground improvement work to resist the effects of earthquakes as in Japan. In 2017 the sand compaction pile method was used in Bangladesh for the first time to mitigate the effects of liquefaction.

Hong Kong / Offshore Deep Mixing Method

In recent years barge-mounted offshore deep mixing methods have been used to improve soft ground for port and harbor works in South East Asia. For each project we charter local barges, and use our technical expertise to fit them out as specialized vessels in local shipyards, before towing them to site. So far, we have created 9 vessels for offshore deep mixing implementation work (which are disassembled after project completion) and the total volume of improved ground exceeds 1 million cubic meters.

Republic of Togo / Use of 6ton and 12ton Tetra-Neo Blocks

JICA, Japan’s international cooperation agency was the lead organization in a project to deploy 6ton and 12ton Tetra-Neo blocks at the fishery harbor of Lome, the capital of the Republic of Togo. As it was a first in Togo, two Fudo Tetra technical experts went twice to Togo to instruct and supervise the production and placement of the wave-dissipating blocks.

South Korea / Tie-up with South Korean Company for Production of Block Formwork

Since agreeing a contract in 2012 with a South Korean company to allow production of block formwork, its use and leasing for three types of blocks (Tetra-Neo, Dolos and Permex), we have promoted concrete block business in South Korea.
By providing all-round support for South Korean companies covering formwork design, supervision and installation, concrete blocks are now used in many locations in South Korea.

Opening Branch Offices Overseas

At implementation sites overseas, work proceeds through cooperation between Fudo Tetra staff, the staff of our counterpart, and local personnel. With infrastructure construction growing in Indonesia, an increasing requirement for ground improvement is expected and in February 2016 we opened a branch office in Jakarta and employed a team of local staff.

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