Julius Berger rated best construction firm of decade

Leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, has emerged the Best Construction and Infrastructure Company of the Decade. At an award ceremony organised by West Africa Innovation Awards designed to promote excellence, creativity and innovation among brands and brands professionals in the West African sub-region, the company came tops ahead of two others from […]

Leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, has emerged the Best Construction and Infrastructure Company of the Decade.

At an award ceremony organised by West Africa Innovation Awards designed to promote excellence, creativity and innovation among brands and brands professionals in the West African sub-region, the company came tops ahead of two others from the sector.

According to the chairman of the Award Organising Committee, Cammil Chineme, Julius Berger is worth celebrating for its core values, professionalism and solid testimony of its doggedness in pursuing its endeavours.

Speaking after receiving the award on behalf of Julius Berger, the Director, Administration, Alh Dr Abdulaziz Kaita, appreciated the organisers for the prize even as he used the opportunity to tell a bit of the Julius Berger success story in Nigeria amidst applause from the audience.

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According to Kaita, Julius Berger has been in Nigeria for more than 50 years.

 “We built the first bridge in Lagos in 1965. And that bridge, Eko Bridge, still stands solidly till today, despite all the vehicular and traffic pressure on it. We began the unique cold recycling technology in building roads for Nigeria. It saves about 90% of resources that go into construction works. That technology has been so successful that it is now being studied as a course in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.”

He did not mince words in letting the audience in on the fact that contrary to what had been sold to the Nigerian public in the past, Julius Berger International is a subsidiary of Julius Berger Nigeria PLC; saying emphatically that Julius Berger International is a branch of Julius Berger Nigeria.”