Status of restoration and support activities(2011.4.6)

Immediately after the Tohoku Area Pacific Offshore Earthquake struck—around 14:46 on March 11—Shimizu Corporation established an Earthquake Disaster Headquarters (EDH) at its Tokyo head office, and has since conducted restoration and support activities, which include transport of emergency relief supplies and materials, evaluative investigations of damaged buildings and civil structures, and emergency and restorative measures, working together with Emergency Task Forces (ETFs) established at the Tohoku and Kanto branch offices which are located in the affected areas.
The Earthquake Restoration & Support Office was newly established on April 1 to provide full support for restoration work in the affected areas via a newly created nationwide support system.
We remain committed to focusing in every possible way on restoration of damaged buildings and civil structures, and reconstruction in the areas affected by the disaster.

Our main response for restoration and support to date is described below:

(1) Framework of the organization

1) Initial response

• Directly after the earthquake struck, based on its “Guideline for Earthquake Disaster Countermeasures,” Shimizu established an Earthquake Disaster Headquarters (EDH) (Incident Commander: Yoichi Miyamoto, President of Shimizu Corporation) on the 22nd floor of the Tokyo head office, and Emergency Task Forces (ETFs) at branch offices throughout the country. Following establishment of a teleconferencing system at 16:30, communication between EDH and ETFs was initiated, and instructions were issued to EFTs nationwide by the President via teleconferencing.

2) Activities up to March 31

• In the early morning of March 12, EDH and ETFs at the Tokyo head office (including the Building Task Force, Civil Engineering Task Force, and Administration Task Force) were moved to the Cafeteria on the 3rd floor, and we, a group of over 300-strong, started preparations to provide full support to the Tohoku and Kanto branch offices. We hold teleconferences regularly in order to share information among EDH and ETFs.

3) From April 1

• Shimizu decided to establish the Earthquake Restoration & Support Office (Director: Hiroshi Tojo, Senior Managing Officer), which is to be directly supervised by the President, to provide full support for restoration work in the affected areas.
  The activities of the Tohoku and Kanto branch offices will be facilitated in close coordination with professional teams from the Building, Design, Mechanical & Electrical, Civil Engineering, Production Technology, Procurement, Marketing & Sales Promotion, and General Affairs divisions which were formed under the Earthquake Restoration & Support Office.

(2) Assessment of damage at company-related facilities

• We confirmed the absence of major damage and the capability of continuous use of the Tokyo head office, branch offices, and other offices across the country on March 11. Restoration of minor damage at the Tohoku and Kanto branch offices has already been completed.

(3) Inspections to determine damage at our construction sites

• We checked on damage at all our construction sites in Tohoku, Kanto-Koshin, Hokuriku and in the Tokyo metropolitan area and confirmed the presence of minor damage and the absence of major damage. Of the construction sites in the Tohoku and North Kanto areas, construction has resumed where possible after being temporarily halted to provide safety measures against earthquake aftershocks.

(4) Dispatch of personnel to evaluate situation and assess restorative measures

• Since the expedited dispatch of a team of 10 professional structure and equipment engineers to the affected areas on March 12, approximately 300 specialists had been dispatched to the affected areas (the Tohoku and North Kanto areas) by March 30, mainly in order to support evaluative investigations of damaged buildings and civil structures. As of April 5, this number was 72, including 23 restoration work supervisors.
• A motor coach service runs three times a week between the Tokyo head office and the Tohoku branch office to flexibly assign and smoothly transfer personnel for restoration work in the Tohoku area, which is now in full swing.

(5) Transport of emergency relief supplies and materials

• Since the first fleet of trucks carrying emergency relief supplies departed for Sendai from the Niigata office at 23:30 on March 11—the day the earthquake struck the area—emergency relief supplies and materials for restoration work have been continuously transported by shuttle from the Tokyo head office and the Niigata office to the Tohoku and North Kanto areas. Materials were transported in earnest starting around March 20, and a total of approximately 400 truckloads of relief supplies and materials had been dispatched by March 31.
• Shimizu has been providing supplies, including emergency food, potable water, and commodities, to evacuation centers and medical organizations designated by municipality. Approximately 16,000 packaged meals had been dispatched and 170 portable toilets provided by March 31.

(6) Evaluative investigations of damaged buildings and civil structures

1) Primary evaluative investigations

• By March 31, Shimizu had carried out approximately 5,400 primary evaluative investigations, mainly for our clients.

  Tohoku area	: approximately 700
  Kanto-Koshin area	: approximately 1,100
  Tokyo Metropolitan area	: approximately 3,600

2) Secondary evaluative investigations (pre-survey for restoration work)

• Shimizu conducted secondary evaluative investigations for restoration work based on the results of primary evaluative investigations, when necessary. We had carried out approximately 800 evaluative investigations by March 31, and sequentially reviewed the disaster recovery plans.

(7) Emergency measures and restoration work

1) Emergency measures

• After implementation of primary evaluative investigations, we provided safety measures against possible secondary damage, dismantled any damaged portions, and carried out emergency measures on damaged buildings to enable temporary use. Emergency measures have been completed for nearly all the buildings and civil structures for which primary evaluative investigations were carried out.

2) Restoration work

• To date, 70 extensive restoration projects (with construction periods of more than one month) have been ordered by our clients mainly in the inland areas of the Tohoku and North Kanto areas, for which we have started construction following studies for disaster recovery plans.

(8) Strengthening of electricity-saving against power shortages

• As electricity supply became tight following the earthquake, we strengthened electricity-saving at the Tokyo head office, branch offices, and offices nationwide. By various means, including suspension of heating/cooling and escalators, and partial stoppage of elevators and lighting, we have reduced electricity use by up to approximately 55% at the Tokyo head office compared to before.