A construction and consulting engineering firm in Enugu built around one expectation: carry the project from start to finish.
The Infrastructure Mandate
Nigerians have consistently demanded better roads, housing, clean water, and good drainage. These demands have continued to grow over the years, and the firms equipped to handle these projects are expected to carry them from the first study to the final inspection.
First Row Associates Ltd. is built around that expectation. It is both a construction company and a firm of consulting engineers. Its head office is at Suite 10, El-Shaddai Plaza, No. 186 Ogui Road, Enugu, Enugu State.
Founded in 2010, the company has provided its construction and consultancy services to several civil and structural engineering projects.
It leans on experience rather than age. According to the company’s profile, its architects, engineers, and allied professionals have over 20 years of experience, and all six of its divisions are led by a head with a minimum of 20 years of cognate experience.
A Full-Service Engineering Partner: The Integrated Package Strategy
First Row Associates Ltd. undertakes services in fields of civil engineering such as building, housing developments, roads, bridges, water, and wastewater.
The firm works in ad hoc collaboration with other firms in architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering, quantity surveying, and urban and regional planning. This gives clients a range of the professional consultancy services needed to complete a project.
It offers thorough professional services at all stages in the following fields of engineering:
- Roads
- Housing development
- Building
- Town planning
- Water
- Sewerage
- Sewage treatment and waste disposal
- Bridges
- Flow stations
- Offshore platforms
The services offered in these fields include:
- Reinvestment studies
- Feasibility studies
- Cost-benefit studies
- Preliminary planning and design
- Cost estimates
- Final design
- Tender documents
- Specifications and bills of quantities
- Tender evaluation and report
- Contract documentation
- Contract execution, site supervision, and management
The model largely depends on coordination: the firm works with partner firms based on the project to be built or developed. That makes it flexible by design, though the quality of any given package depends on who is assembled for it.
Divisional Expertise and Regulatory Compliance
The technical work is split across six divisions:
- Architectural: building design, landscape, estates, and airports
- Structural: bridges, culverts, buildings, retaining walls, storage silos, dams, offshore platforms, and flow stations
- Transportation: highway, airport, railway, and waterway design, plus engineering survey
- Civil: erosion control, land reclamation, waterways, and drainage networks
- Water Resources: multipurpose schemes for irrigation, water supply, and hydropower
- Public Health Engineering: waste disposal, sewage treatment, and sewerage
First Row Associates Ltd. confirms that all its divisional leaders are registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).
For public-sector clients, registration is a baseline procurement check, and the firm presents it as part of its credentials.
Client Footprint and Institutional Relationships
According to First Row Associates Ltd., its clientele includes governments, governmental agencies, ministries, parastatals, corporate organizations, banks, non-governmental organizations, groups, and private individuals.
As noted above, the company’s headquarters is in Enugu, which gives it a regional footing in infrastructure development in Enugu and the southeast at large.
Takeaways for Infrastructure Leaders
Three points stand out from the way the firm is built:
- Assemble packages per project: partnering with architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering, quantity surveying, and planning firms gives a civil and structural engineering company the flexibility to offer a full service without having every department under its management.
- Treat registration as an asset: having divisional heads registered with COREN and NSE gives public and corporate clients a verifiable credential.
- Cover the whole lifecycle: offering studies, consultancy, design, tendering, and site supervision within one package reduces the disruption or confusion that may arise from using several different consultants.
Contact First Row Associates Ltd.
Company: First Row Associates Ltd.
Address: Suite 10, El-Shaddai Plaza, No. 186 Ogui Road, Enugu, Enugu State
Founded: 2010
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Services: Construction and consulting engineering (civil and structural), from feasibility studies to site supervision
Governments, agencies, corporate organizations, NGOs, and private clients with infrastructure projects can reach out to First Row Associates Ltd. directly.