ANALYSIS OF THE ACTUAL SITUATION OF THE LOCAL CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT COMPANIES SINCE THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: FOCUSING ON THE BID INFORMATION OF MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM, JAPAN

Abstract

 Through the restoration and reconstruction activities after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the significance of local civil engineering consultant company was recognized greatly. However, their profit had become worse due to intensified competition and changes of contract system. In 2013, the government recognized it as a severe problem and began to consider solutions.
 This paper considered the actual situation of order acceptance by local consultant companies, using the latest database on bid information of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, transport and tourism. As a result, it was confirmed that the order volume per engineer of the local consultant company was remarkably lower than that of the large consultant company, but the trend was improving. Furthermore, it became clear that the proportion of the contract system could affect the number of local consultant companies.