About: Costain West Africa

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Costain West Africa is a building and civil engineering firm founded in Nigeria in 1948. The company was the first building and civil engineering firm to listed on the stock exchange, work orders executed by the firm include construction of the 140 meter high NECOM house, constructed over loose sands with a shallow raft foundation design and University College Teaching Hospital, Ibadan. One of the oldest civil engineering and building companies established in Nigeria, from 1950 to the end of the twentieth century, it executed highway, roads, building and civil works projects both in private and public sectors. Lately, the fortunes of the company has been mixed, with the firm sometimes unable to meet its obligations.

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  • Costain West Africa is a building and civil engineering firm founded in Nigeria in 1948. The company was the first building and civil engineering firm to listed on the stock exchange, work orders executed by the firm include construction of the 140 meter high NECOM house, constructed over loose sands with a shallow raft foundation design and University College Teaching Hospital, Ibadan. One of the oldest civil engineering and building companies established in Nigeria, from 1950 to the end of the twentieth century, it executed highway, roads, building and civil works projects both in private and public sectors. Lately, the fortunes of the company has been mixed, with the firm sometimes unable to meet its obligations. (en)
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  • Costain West Africa is a building and civil engineering firm founded in Nigeria in 1948. The company was the first building and civil engineering firm to listed on the stock exchange, work orders executed by the firm include construction of the 140 meter high NECOM house, constructed over loose sands with a shallow raft foundation design and University College Teaching Hospital, Ibadan. One of the oldest civil engineering and building companies established in Nigeria, from 1950 to the end of the twentieth century, it executed highway, roads, building and civil works projects both in private and public sectors. Lately, the fortunes of the company has been mixed, with the firm sometimes unable to meet its obligations. (en)
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  • Costain West Africa (en)
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