About suspension of competition qualification

-For falsification of cylindrical form strength test results, we will take measures to suspend competition participation qualification for Kurimoto Iron Works Co., Ltd. and one other company who are qualified to participate in construction competition-

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February 12, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shigejiro Yagi), as follows, for the qualified persons who are qualified to participate in the construction competition who falsified the results of the cylindrical form strength test. to hold.

1 Overview

Kurimoto Iron Works Co., Ltd., regarding the cylindrical formwork manufactured by its own company, is a "Cylinder for floor slabs" of NEXCO3 company (East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. ・Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd./West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.). In addition to tampering with the test equipment test values in the "type vacuum test method (JHS401)," we delivered pipes with a thickness below the catalog specifications to the contractor.

2 Details of measures to suspend participation in competition

(1) Persons subject to measures

Kurimoto Iron Works Co., Ltd.
Kurimoto Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Kurimoto Iron Works Co., Ltd. split the company and succeeded its steel bridge business to Kurimoto Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., so that Kurimoto Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. will take the same measures as Kurimoto Iron Works Co., Ltd. Take.

(2) Areas subject to suspension of competition and measures period

area		period
All regions	Area 1 (Hokkaido) Area 2 (Aomori prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Miyagi prefecture, Akita prefecture, Yamagata prefecture and Fukushima prefecture) Area 3 (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Nagano) Area 4 (Niigata prefecture, Toyama prefecture)	February 12, 2008 ~ August 11, 2008 (6 months)

(3) Reason for suspension of participation in competition

The facts described in “1 Overview” correspond to Appendix 2, No. 12 of “East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Business Procedures for Suspension of Competitive Participation Qualifications” (August 7, 2006, No. 269).
(Reference: East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Competitive qualification suspension, etc.

Measure requirements	Region and period
(Unauthorized or dishonest act) 12 In addition to the cases listed in Appendix No. 1 and the preceding items, when it is deemed unsuitable as the other party to a contract contract for construction, etc., due to unfair or dishonest acts relating to the work.	From January to September within the date of certification for all areas or areas of occurrence

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