Julius Berger’s AFP Wins NPDC’s Head Office Furnishing Contract
BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – The Abuja Furniture Production (AFP), the furniture production unit of Nigeria’s engineering construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, has won the bid to provide turnkey furnishing for the head office of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
AFP has proven to be the leading furniture production and furnishing design and implementation company in Nigeria through its numerous designs and production which has earned it merit awards that include ‘Nigeria’s leading furniture company of the Year’ award for the last four consecutive years at the annual Abuja International Housing Show reputed to be professionally governed by international best practices.
AFP clients across the country are united in opinion that its works are proudly powered by the finest attention to detail and due diligence and are accomplished with the strictest adherence to best international standards in delivery.
A statement by the head of Media Relations of Julius Berger Plc, Prince Moses Duku said that the construction giant unit AFP means business, because it is conscious of the fact that “the customer is King”.
Prince Duku said that the contract covers the fabrication, production, supply and fixture of furniture pieces, executive office tables and chairs, built-in office cabinets and storage cupboards, meeting rooms, conference tables of different seating capacities, library and training centre furnisings, including miscellaneous work spaces and their related furniture and furnishing works and accessories.
Forefront however gathered from a reliable source at the NPDC, that, while it shall undertake the contract services on milestone basis of services properly performed, the AFP on the other hand shall be solely responsible, at its own expense for providing all materials, equipment, personnel, supervision, other services and expertise necessary to perform the works required for implementation of the project.
Contacted to comment on the AFP contract, Duku, said; “Without having to speak to contractual specificities due to understandable legal confidentiality requirements, let me simply say that the AFP, in strict compliance with the ISO-certified high quality standards of Julius Berger’s excellent operational phiolosphy, policy and ever dependable business implementation ethics, is resourcefully, strongly, and reliably poised to deliver on its contractual obligations to the NPDC.
“At the Julius Berger AFP, we believe that a workplace environment should reflect the business vision, values and strategy creating spaces that empower employees and executives and improve engagement. Our ever satisfied clients remain our best advertorials for the superb delivery by which we work progressively to always excel our clients’ expectations,” Duku enthused.
The Julius Berger AFP, last year unveiled its virtual showroom to its clients and would be clients which indicate an offer of an exquisite showcase of modern interior design and innovative home technology concepts, a fully functional five star hotel suite and a luxury home cinema.
In the words of Duku; “The entire concept allows AFP the opportunity to showcase its portfolio in virtual reality giving customers the ability to discover and engage with AFP’s entire product range in the AFP’s actual showroom space. Clients can now from anywhere in the world intuitively browse AFP’s offerings, as well as explore and compare different material selections, variations and technical details”.
Duku said the AFP is presently making arrangements to open shop in Port Harcourt, saying that the AFP showrooms remain open to clients.
