22 April 2016 - Business View Caribbean
Venegas Construction
Corporation
Continuity plus innovation guarantees success
Venegas Construction Corporation of Ponce, Puerto
Rico, was founded in 1965 by Emilio J. Venegas. Ac-
cording to his grandson, Emilio R. Venegas, who joined
the firm in 2005, and is now being primed to take it
over from his father and current President, Emilio M.
Venegas, Emilio J. started the company as a succes-
sion of Ponce Builders Corp. with several partners in
order to provide construction services on small proj-
ects. A half century later, Venegas Construction has
grown into one of the island’s premier construction
contractors.
Grandson, Emilio R. says that the company grew or-
ganically as challenges arose and were met with pio-
