As the year draws to a close, the Southeast Shipping Center Headquarters Building project has entered its final phase. The construction has made remarkable progress, with six high-rise buildings—including Towers A, B, E, and F—as well as podium structures, successfully topped out. This marks the completion of the full topping out of the headquarters complex.
The Southeast International Shipping Center Headquarters is set to become a new landmark in Xiamen. The project comprises four towers—A, B, E, and F—and associated podiums, totaling six super high-rise buildings. The entire complex covers a construction area of 473,000 square meters. It will serve as an integrated hub, featuring a central system and command center for port joint inspection documentation, a core center for shipping transactions and service enterprises, and the economic headquarters for shipping companies.
Since 2015, the project has secured a total investment of 1.386 billion yuan, surpassing the annual plan by 116%. Overall, a cumulative investment of 4.247 billion yuan has been completed since the start of construction, with steady progress throughout. Currently, the steel structure accounts for approximately 80,000 tons, and the tallest building reaches 163 meters in height. The project employs Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology throughout its entire process and has been awarded first prize in the national BIM technology application competition.
The Southeast International Shipping Center Headquarters is not only a landmark for Xiamen and the Haixi region but also a key project supported by Fujian Province and local authorities. It is the sole ongoing project in Fujian under the National Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s “Demonstration Project of Jointly Building One Hundred Enterprises.” Upon completion, it will become China’s fourth international shipping center. The project spans 473,000 square meters with a construction timeline of 995 days. Featuring steel structure construction—a modern, green, and energy-efficient building method—the project uses nearly 80,000 tons of steel, with the tallest tower reaching 163 meters. Notably, the largest cantilevered steel inclined column has an angle of 35°.
This project’s steel structure is notable for its large scale and unique design. BIM technology has been fully integrated into project management, earning the project national recognition with a first prize in BIM technology application. The design concept, inspired by “mountains and seas,” has introduced a series of technical challenges in steel construction. Since construction began, the team has overcome obstacles such as selecting weldable steel bar connection sleeves, managing terraced steel structure tower operations, synchronously lifting and aligning ultra-high-rise core tubes with thin, flexible rigid columns, installing large-angle multi-step inclined steel frames, and assembling super high-rise cantilever structures. These innovations have led to three utility model patents, including one for the “New Steel Column Slope Measuring Instrument.”
Reporter: Lin Meifang
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