Pernix Group gets U.S. Embassy project in Azerbaijan

Lombard-based Pernix Group said its Pernix Serka Joint Venture group has been awarded a $6.5 million sole-source task order by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations for the design-build services FY13 Interagency Security Assessment Team Security Upgrades Project at the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan.

“We are extremely pleased to continue our work with the Department of State in this important worldwide program,” said Nidal Z. Zayed, CEO of Pernix Group. “We are honored to have received another vote of confidence from the U.S. Government, which we view as a direct result of the high quality of work we have consistently provided for the State Department in Baghdad and elsewhere around the globe. Pernix remains fully committed to the success of the State Department and its diplomatic missions abroad, and we look forward to our continued partnership with OBO.”