ROKO Construction

ROKO Construction Limited, also Roko Construction Limited, but commonly referred to as ROKO, is a civil engineering and construction company in Uganda. It maintains its headquarters in Kampala, Uganda, and is active in Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Kenya and DR Congo.

Roko Construction Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryConstruction
Founded1969
HeadquartersKampala, Uganda
Key people
Mark Koehler
Managing Director
ProductsOffice towers, housing complexes, residential homes, shopping malls, churches
Number of employees
2,000+ (2016)[1]
WebsiteHomepage

Location

The headquarters and head office of ROKO Construction Limited are located in the Kawempe neighborhood of Kampala, in Kawempe Division, about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of the city's central business district.[2] The coordinates of the company headquarters are 0°22'37.0"N, 32°33'35.0"E (Latitude:0.376957; Longitude:32.559723).[3]

Overview

ROKO was founded in 1969[4] by the late Max Rohrer and the late Rainer Kohler (1931-2013),[5] both natives of Switzerland.[6] The company employs over 2,000 employees, including 45 qualified engineers, of whom 39 are Ugandans.[1]

Operations

Completed projects include Mapeera House, the headquarters of Centenary Bank, on Kampala Road, in Kampala, the capital and largest city in the country.[7] ROKO also constructed DFCU House, the headquarters of DFCU Bank.[8] ROKO is the lead civil engineering and construction company in the consortium that won the tender to design, develop, construct and manage JLOS House Project, a 80,000 square metres (861,113 sq ft) government office development in Kampala, Uganda.[9] Construction is expected to commence in 2016.[10]

See also

References
  1. ROKO (18 June 2016). "Profile of Roko Construction Limited". Kampala: Roko Construction Limited (ROKO). Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. Globefeed.com (18 June 2016). "Distance between ROKO Construction Limited, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Uganda Post Office, Kampala Road, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. Google (18 June 2016). "Location of the Headquarters of ROKO Construction Limited" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ROKO (18 June 2016). "The History of ROKO Construction Limited". Kampala: Roko Construction Limited (ROKO). Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. "Uganda's construction industry mourns Roko Construction Ltd's Founder". Mustapha.B.Mugisa. Oct 13, 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. Tumusiime, Adulaziizi (13 November 2013). "Prayers for dead Roko founder Koehler on today". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. Vision Reporter (18 June 2016). "Mapeera House: A landmark in banking". Kampala. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. Odyek, John (16 September 2015). "Inside DFCU's world class premises". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. Press Release (12 August 2015). "JLOS House Project preferred bidder named". Kampala: Uganda Law Reform Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  10. JLOS (18 June 2016). "Special Report on the JLOS House Project". JLOS House Project. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

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