Why it is on record
The single largest civil-engineering contractor in Nigerian history; effectively the federal works ministry's de facto build partner from 1976 to the 2010s.
Record held
Third Mainland Bridge (longest in Africa for two decades); Abuja Phase I.
Founders
Julius Berger AG (Wiesbaden, Germany) — entered Nigeria 1965 for the Eko Bridge / Lagos Mainland Bridge project.
Headquarters
10 Shettima Munguno Crescent, Utako, Abuja.
Lineage / corporate history
Julius Berger Nigeria Limited incorporated 1970; listed NGX 1979; Bilfinger SE divested its remaining stake in 2018, leaving the company majority-Nigerian-owned (Julius Berger International remains a minority partner).
Current leadership
Managing Director: Lars Richter.
Deep dive
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, the Nigerian arm of the German construction group Bilfinger Berger (now spun off independently), has built more of federal Abuja than any other contractor — the Eagle Square, the National Mosque (partial), the Aso Villa expansion, the AKK gas pipeline civil works, the Second and Third Mainland Bridges, the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway upgrades, and major sections of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway. It is the institutional contractor of the federal capital and the most consequential single foreign-controlled infrastructure firm in Nigeria.