As the engine of traditional "iron public infrastructure" projects gradually slows down, a EPC general contracting winning notice worth up to 10.5 billion yuan has caused ripples in the engineering field. This is not only a remarkable transaction, but also a clear signal that the competitive logic of the construction industry is undergoing profound changes - from "builders" to "integrators", from "hardware" to "combination of software and hardware", a transformation that concerns future survival has begun.

Recently, the EPC general contracting results of the Guoli Xincheng National Defense Education Research and Training (Sichuan) Base and Supporting Industry Project were officially announced. The consortium led by China Gezhouba Group Second Engineering Co., Ltd., in conjunction with China Energy Construction Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., ultimately won. The total investment of the project is as high as 10.5 billion yuan. While its enormous size is noteworthy, what is even more worth pondering is the new trend of transformation in the construction industry reflected behind it.

Unlike ordinary infrastructure projects, this national defense education research base located in Jintang County, Chengdu represents an emerging niche market in the construction industry: the construction of composite functional parks. The core area of the project covers an area of 720 acres. According to the EPC general contracting model, the Gezhouba consortium needs to complete not only civil engineering, but also the entire process from design, procurement to construction integration. This means that construction companies are no longer just executors of construction according to drawings, but need to have a deep understanding of project functional positioning, and translate soft requirements such as national defense education, research and training, and supporting industries into specific spatial planning and architectural expression. Keywords: Central Enterprise Engineering News, Construction News, Central Enterprises

The victory of Gezhouba this time deeply reflects the decisive role of resource integration capability under the EPC mode. Led by Gezhouba Group, in collaboration with professional road and bridge companies and design institutes, a golden combination of "central enterprise+professional company+design institute" has been formed. This configuration can not only leverage the project management and financial strength advantages of Gezhouba as a large state-owned enterprise, but also leverage the construction technology of professional companies and the creative ability of design institutes. In the current construction market, there are only a few companies that can lead such a complex consortium and bear the risk of EPC general contracting. This clearly reflects that the concentration of the industry is constantly increasing - central enterprises with strong financial strength and comprehensive capabilities are gaining increasingly obvious advantages in the competition for large and complex projects. Editor/Xu Shengpeng