S.R. Nicholas Ltd was formed in 1958 as a building contracting company, a partnership between Mr. S.R. Nicholas, a South African Greek, and Mr. U. Bizzaro, an Italian. The former a building contractor, the latter a designer and engineer, they met in what was then the Protectorate of Nyasaland. The newly arrived Bizzaro was inspired by the vast possibilities that lay dormant in the country. 1964 brought independence, and the newly emergent Malawi needed buildings.
When Nicholas left for South Africa, Umberto Bizzaro took over the company.
Malawi saw its first concrete structure when S.R. Nicholas built the Post Office building in Blantyre. As a contractor to the Government of Malawi, the company won its first big contract with the Malawi Housing Corporation, which entailed the construction of low cost housing for the emergent middle classes.
S.R. Nicholas, is a Malawian based firm which was started by S.R. Nicholas in 1958 and to this day is the dissendants of S.R. Nicholas and Malawian experts. With over years of experience, decades of faithfully serving the government, private sector and non-governmental entities, S.R. Nicholas has proven to be a solid enterprise providing valuable services which in turn aid development. S.R. Nicholas is the group of companies and has two sister companies, namely: Cilcon Limited and Club Makokola..
