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sentatives, is scheduled for May.
“It's a nice, evenly balanced market, but it can have
peaks and it can have quiet spells,” Murphy said.
“We went from 10 years ago having two or three con-
tractors of any size, now you've got 20 or 30 who are
maybe not in our league, but are half the size of us
and certainly giving a lot more competition to the big-
ger boys. But to stay in the industry, you have to spend
the money.”
The group’s entities include Junior Sammy Contrac-
tors Ltd., Jusamco Pavers Ltd. and Sammy's Multilift
Services. And Murphy, a transplanted Scotsman, said
having all those moving parts under one familiar um-
brella provides an advantage when particularly urgent
needs arise.
“We've got quite a history on the island of work that's
been completed, so if anybody asks about the people
to go to, a lot of people know Junior Sammy Group of
Companies and they'll knock on our front door,” Mur-
phy said. “The government comes and knocks on our
door in emergencies.
“There was a sinkhole in an area close by to seal up,
and in 24 hours we came up, mobilized and brought
all our equipment. It's a major artery into (the capital
city of) Port of Spain, and within 15 hours we had it
fixed, repaired, poured the concrete, laid down the as-
phalt and the road was back open to the morning rush
hour traffic at 6 o'clock.
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