Julius Berger - Company Profile, Company Culture, and General Overview

Julius Berger is an elite construction company in Nigeria offering different services which include planning, design, engineering, operation, and maintenance of buildings. The company was established in the hearts of Lagos in the year 1970 and has worked with several clients since then, providing them with excellent and unrivaled services. 

History

In 1970, the company started off with a project to repair the Onitsha Bridge in just seven weeks. The following year, Julius Berger was awarded its first major project outside Lagos where it constructed a 500m long and 25m high Laminga Dam with spillway systems, a water treatment plant, and a 48km pipeline distribution network. 

Fast forward to 1973, Julius Berger got its first industrial contract which included working a plant facility and ancillary buildings, and in 1974, the Falomo bridge was reconstructed. Consistently, for more than 50 years, the company has solidified the standard for excellence, creativity, and effectiveness within Nigeria's construction industry. 

Board of Directors

• Mutiu Sunmonu - Chairman

• George Marks - Vice Chairman

• Engr. Dr. Lars Ritcher - Managing Director

• Christian Hausmann - Financial Director

• Alhaji Zubairu Ibrahim Bayi - Director of Administration 

• Tobias Meletschus - Director, Corporate Development

• Engr. Jafaru Damulak - Non-Executive Director

• Dr. Ernest Nnaemeka Azudialu - Non-Executive Director

• Gladys Olubusola Talabi - Non-Executive Director

• Belinda Ajoke Disu - Non-Executive Director

• Engr. Goni Musa Sheikh - Non-Executive Director

• Ernest Chukwudi - Independent Non-Executive Director

• Amb.Adamu Saidu Daura - Independent Non-Executive Director

• Chidi Anya - Independent Non-Executive Director

Construction Expertise

• Buildings

• Infrastructure projects

• Industrial facilities 

Company Culture

Julius Beger is resolute in exhibiting core values of great quality, integrity, partnership, and innovation. Also, the company is dedicated to offering a high class of excellence across every one of its operations.  JB believes that doing quality work lessens the tendency to spend more, and improves schedules, thereby delivering substantial benefits that satisfy clients and help the brand to stand out. 

JB improves the quality of its culture using thorough assessment and control. Consistency is achieved by putting in place essential production facilities and laboratory materials. Furthermore, the company utilizes its staff by consciously investing in them to birth development which would enhance the delivery of more standardized work. The company says innovation is its catalyst for success and it provides them with an opportunity to offer their clients tangible value. 

Milestones 

Julius Berger has a long track record of hitting milestones and here are just a few of them: 

• Julius Berger commissioned the 28km Itokin-Epe road - 1972

• JB won a contract award for the vast Lagos inner ring road system - in 1975

• Jebba Road commissioned - 1976

• Tin Can Island Port commissioned just 18 months after the project’s inception - 1977

• Started the construction on the Delta Steel plant - 1978

•  Warri port was completed - in 1979

• Began works on the infrastructure of the new capital, Abuja - 1980

• Contract award for the Sapele Port comprising six 200 m berths - 1980

• Warri bypass commissioned - 1981

• Award of the Pankshin Dam and water treatment plan in Plateau State - 1981

• Work on Abuja’s Central Area, Phase I commenced - 1983

• Commissioned the Jos Steel Rolling Mill - 1983

• Commissioned the Niger River Road Bridge - 1985

• Dualization of Otta - Abeokuta Road in Ogun - 2000

• Julius Berger commissioned a new Head office building in Abuja - 2001

• Contract awarded to JB for the Tombia Bridge, over the Nun River - 2001

• Started working on the Yar'Adua Centre - 2002

• Construction of the new Atlas Cove Jetty in the Lagos Harbour basin - 2002

For more than 50 years, the company has constructed over 800 buildings, created 20+ industrial facilities, and managed about 130 infrastructure projects.  

Revenue

Julius Berger shared its 2022 audited full-year results and the 1st of April, 2023 and it revealed a pretax profit of NGN15.54 billion which translates to a 9.60% increase from the NGN14.18 billion recorded in 2021. 

Connect with Julius Berger

Website: www.julius-berger.com

Linkedin: Julius Berger

Twitter: @Julius_Berger

Instagram: @juliusberger1121