to Shagamu portion of Lagos to Ibadan expressway and Jebba road bridge. Julius Berger was registered in Nigeria prior to building the Jos water works, in 1974. It sold 40% of its equity to Lagos and Benue-Plateau State governments and three years later sold an additional 20% to the public. After a cement armada caused chaos at Apapa port, the company was invited to build a new port at Tin Can Island. In the 1970s and early 1980s, it was involved in the civil works at Aladja and Ajaokuta Steel complexes and the new federal capital territory, Abuja. Timeline In August 1965, the company founded in Germany undertook its first project in Nigeria - the construction of the Eko Bridge in Lagos, which was approved by Shehu Shagari when he was a Minister of Works. In 1991 the company was floated on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as "Julius Berger Nigeria Plc". In 2001 the company moved to its new head office in Abuja. In 2010 Business World Magazine listed Julius Berger Nigeria Plc as Nigeria's leading construction company. In 2012 Watertown Energy Ltd., a company of the Nestoil Group acquired 10% of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc's shares, previously owned by Bilfinger Berger GmbH, raising the company's Nigerian shareholding to 60.1%. In October 2018 the company announces changes to the management structure, including the appointment of a new managing director. Major projects The company built the Eko Bridge completed in 1968, the Third Mainland Bridge completed in 1990 and the Abuja Stadium completed in 2003. Tin Can Island Port, commissioned in 1977. Lagos Inner Ring Road, completed in 1979. Ajaokuta Steel Plant, completed in 1990. Itakpe – Ajaokuta Ore Railway, completed in 1990. Abuja International Airport phase II, completed in 1997. Central Bank of Nigeria Head Office, completed in 2002. Uyo infrastructure and road works, ongoing since 2008. First discharge drain built utilizing pipe-jacking technology in Nigeria, completed in 2011. National Assembly phase III, completed in 2011. Multiple projects, Escravos GTL plant in southern Nigeria, commissioned in 2012. Bonny Liquefied Natural Gas facility, multiple ongoing works since 1996. Challawa Gorge Dam Karaye, completed in 1992 Awarded a contract to construct link roads to second Niger bridge(July 4, 2018) Education The organization operates German School Abuja, and formerly operated German School Lagos. References External links Construction and civil engineering companies of Nigeria Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1950 1950 establishments