Venegas Construction

6 Business View Caribbean Venegas stresses that his firm is not a niche or spe- cialized contractor. “We’ve done work in every single segment of the construction industry,” he explains. “We’ve built buildings and infrastructure projects in 16 different sectors: institutional, industrial, residential, commercial, urban infrastructure, healthcare, tourism & entertainment, public works, federal government & military, high rise, ports & heavy civil, historic restora- tion, sustainable & LEED certified, sports venues, arts & recreation, and finally, power generation. Therefore, we’ve done several projects within each one of these 16 sectors, including many iconic and important proj- ects on our island.” In addition, compared to many general contractors in the United States, for example, Venegas reports that his company does most of the work itself, rather than relying on sub-contractors. “We self-perform between 50 and 80 percent of our construction contracts,” he says. “Therefore, we own approximately $5 million in property, plant, heavy equipment, fabrication shops, and offices to support our operations. We employ di- versely experienced, licensed engineers; all of them have over 15 years of construction experience and a few of them have over 30 years.” Depending on the company’s workload, Venegas Construction generally employs between 150 and 600 workers. When asked how his company differentiates itself from the competition, in addition to its use of ground- breaking construction methods, Venegas responds thusly: “We believe the most important is our track re- cord with our clients. We have a fifty-year track record where we’ve never, ever defaulted on a project, failed to complete a project, or had any sort of litigation with a client. We do not fight with our clients, instead we are