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"It's two 10-storey residential towers − a
project that was started some years ago and
left unfinished," John clarifies.
Beyond that, John indicates that the com-
pany aims to be a leader in the design-build
sector in the Caribbean. He sees it as an area
that's ripe with opportunity and says the or-
ganization is taking the necessary steps "to
have the right team and personnel onboard
who understand the philosophy of design-
build work."
"The design-build procurement method is
relatively new over the last few years," he con-
cludes. "Obviously, it's a completely different
strategy to traditional contracting where the
contractor now has to design and cost the
building at the bidding stage, which means
that one can win a project not necessarily on
price alone, but on design as well as price. As
such, one has to have the teams in place to
manage the bidding, design, and construc-
tion. It's an area that is growing and I think
we are growing with it, and we feel that it
could be to our advantage in the future to
maintain and improve our status in the con-
struction sector in the Caribbean."