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“Because we own all our equipment, we don't need
to worry about looking out for rentals. We don't need
to worry about demands for specialists like concrete
asphalt cranes and transportation. We're a go-to com-
pany. We can go to our own back garden and start pull-
ing these things in. And we've got the expertise and
the local labor.”
Organization history stretches back to when manag-
ing partner and namesake Junior Sammy was an em-
ployee of a trucking business owned by his father, and
handled transportation needs for several local com-
panies. After the initial business experienced signifi-
cant growth, Sammy and his father joined forces on a
second company – Junior Sammy Contractors – which
now serves as the corporate flagship.
Subsequent growth yielded creation of the group's as-
phalt paving and concrete plant (Jusamco Pavers) and
he later acquired Sammy's Multilift Services, a heavy-
haul, heavy crane and heavy transport mechanical
and construction company, upon the death of a family
member.
The significant expansions were not part of a master
plan, Murphy said, but they are quite an indicative re-
flection of the Sammy family's business mindset.
“It was never a conscious decision that he was going to
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