Housing & Construction Holding Company Limited
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Native name | Hebrew: שיכון ובינוי |
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Romanized name | Shikun & Binui |
| Public company | |
| Traded as | TASE: SKBN |
| Industry | Construction, Infrastructures, Real Estate, Concessions, Sea Water Desalinization, Renewable Energy, Industrial Wastewater Treatment |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Founder | Histadrut - General Federation of Labour in Israel |
| Headquarters | Airport City, Lod, Israel |
| Revenue |
 ₪ 5,068 million (2015) |
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₪ 825 million (2015) | |
| Profit |
₪ 425 million (2015) |
| Total assets |
₪ 7,371 million (2015) |
| Total equity |
₪ 1,838 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 11,354 (2014) |
| Parent | Arison Investments |
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Footnotes / references [1] | |
The Housing & Construction Holding Company Limited (TASE: SKBN) (Hebrew: שיכון ובינוי, Shikun UVinui) (also Shikun U'Binui) is one of the largest construction and infrastructure companies in Israel. Affiliated with the Shari Arison group, it is also an international holding and investment company. The company's share are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and are included in the TA-100 Index. In 2015 Shikun & Binui was ranked as Israel's largest Construction, Development and Infrastructure company by Dun & Bradstreet.[2]
History
The subsidiaries of Shikun U'Binui have been operating since 1924. Shikun U'Binui specializes in developing and implementing complex transportation projects (roads, bridges, railways), construction of public buildings, and projects in the fields of water, sewage, desalination and energy. Among its leading projects are Highway 6(Trans-Israel Highway), the Hadera desalination plant and the Carmel Tunnels project.[3]
In June 2012, Shikun U'Binui was excluded from the Government Pension Fund of Norway (Europe's largest equity investor) for its involvement in " the building of settlements in breach of international humanitarian law in East-Jerusalem." [4] In December 2012, it was excluded by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund on similar grounds.[5]
In 2016, the company completed the construction of toll roads in metropolitan Houston, Texas for US$1 billion.[6] Meanwhile, it also built Cundinamarca 010, a 100-mile toll road in Bogota, Colombia for US$640 million.[6]
Main Subsidiaries
- Shikun Ovdim
- Solel Boneh Building & Infrastructure
- Solel Boneh International
- Blue-Green
- Lime & Stone Production
- Shikun & Binui – Renewable Energy
Major Projects
References
- ↑ Shikun & Binui Ltd. Company Profile Dun & Bradstreet
- ↑ Israel's largest Construction, Development and Infrastructure companies ranking, Dun & Bradstreet 2015
- ↑ Shikun U'Binui website
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- 1 2 "Israeli company to build $640 million toll road in Colombia". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
