Today, the company employs 40 people in both countries and has completed more than 100 projects in Japan, as well as 30 projects in Canada and the U.S. Li set up DAIZO in 2015, first opening an office in China and then another in Japan. After graduating, he began working for a structural design company in Nagasaki and began using Trimble’s BIM software, Tekla Structures, to create steel designs.
When the region of Saga kicked off plans to build a swimming stadium for the 2024 Japan Games, DAIZO Engineering was tasked with designing the stadium’s steel frame.ĭaizo’s founder and managing director, Hongbin Li moved from China to Japan in 2009 to pursue a master’s degree in Engineering from Kyushu University. As a highly ductile material, steel can flex and deform to dissipate the seismic energy of an earthquake and compared to other building materials, has a higher strength-to-weight ratio.
The country experiences approximately 1,500 earthquakes each year, driving the need for seismic resistant building design and construction.Īpproximately 25 million tons of steel is used for construction in Japan every year. From the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 to the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, Japan has endured the devastating effects of natural disasters time and time again. Japan sits in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where several continental and oceanic plates meet, making it highly susceptible to earthquakes and tidal waves.
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