Pernix nears completion of Niger embassy project

LOMBARD - Pernix Group said the Office Building Compound Rehabilitation Project at the U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger is working toward final acceptance after successfully reaching final completion on Sept. 30.

The Pernix Niamey Team will complete a fully renovated general and consular office building, new hardened and conditioned warehouse building and support annex inclusive of new motor pool driver lounge, new utility demarcation, electrical controls, and power generation buildings. Pernix self-performed the fit-out of newly built special use space increasing Chancery building's footprint and capacity by over 185 square meters. Additionally, existing life safety systems were upgraded throughout all existing buildings and interconnected to new fire and sprinkler systems per latest NFPA and UL standards.

"The Niamey Team worked hard to integrate safety into all work activities of the project by increasing awareness and training that included multilingual instruction delivery, hands-on understanding and use of safety equipment and procedures benefiting the locally employed construction personnel," said Nidal Z. Zayed, Pernix's CEO & President. He went on to say, "Our procedures and guidelines have kept our project's multinational team safe resulting in our team exceeding 1.5 million total man-hours without lost time accident."