Business World |
April 2015
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with some civil works," he says. "To give you
an example, we build mass residential hous-
ing for the Housing Development Corpo-
ration here in Trinidad, where the projects
would range from 400 houses in one project
to probably 600 or 800."
The company recently completed a major
housing complex in St. Lucia and is cur-
rently building the first stage of Freedom
Bay, which is a luxury resort beneath the
famous Piton Mountains in the country's
southwest. They are also currently working
on major projects for the Government of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, includ-
ing a 600-house residential development in
Princess Town and a major tertiary educa-
tion building in Chaguanas. The latter is a
design-build project valued at approximately
$28 million USD that was completed a full
year ahead of schedule.
"Most of our projects now are design-build,"
John says. "We have developed our organiza-
tion over the past two or three years to ac-
commodate the procurement of such works.
We're moving from the more traditional ap-
proach to the design-build approach, so we
