[1] The company has undertaken various significant projects, including the construction of the 140-meter-high NECOM house, which was built over loose sands using a shallow raft foundation design,[2] as well as the University College Teaching Hospital in Ibadan.
As one of the oldest civil engineering and building companies established in Nigeria, Costain West Africa executed highway, road, building, and civil works projects in both the private and public sectors from 1950 to the end of the twentieth century.
[3] Costain West Africa was established in 1948 as a civil engineering and building company with substantial shareholdings held by John Holt Plc.
Involved in projects in all regions of the country, in the mid-1950s, the firm completed civil works at Ijora Power Station and extension of Apapa Wharf, and its building division built Bishopscourt along the Marina, Lagos.
In 1957, a partnership with CDC and the government of Northern Nigeria led to the construction of a housing estate in Kaduna,[5] the firm was involved in the construction of Wuya bridge over Kaduna River a Bida and Shell estates in Port Harcourt.