Business View Caribbean - August/September 2018

80 81 ly perform the physical work. Approximately 50 percent is involved with the interoffice tasks, or with the actual implementation of the projects, and the remaining 50 percent are the workers, the CLA staff, deployed on the projects. The functions within CWM are linked to our processes. We have a planning department where the requests come in, the calculations are made, and quotations are offered. Then we have the administration, where you mostly find employees with a fi- nancial background, an HR department, a cost control department and the group of people who are responsible for the implementation of projects, namely project managers, work planners, coordinators, foremen, and, not to forget, those who carry out the assignments such as the ground workers and drivers. We even have someone who specifically does collection. That’s the only downside in the whole history of our company. The payment behavior has deteriorated in the last decade. If we don’t go after our payments, we will not receive them. CWM INFRASTRUCTURE “Our biggest client is the government. CWM has taken on an advisory role and the com- pany likes to come up with suggestions and solutions for the construction and renovation of roads. The growth of the number of cars has increased drastically since 1995 and, as a result, more and better roads had to come. The wear and tear of the roads is enormous. This is mainly due to the increase in freight traffic. The trucks are becoming heavier and the road surfaces cannot tolerate this properly. “Climate and weather conditions also play an important role in the deterioration of the quality of roads. For this reason, and many others, the company is always looking for new and innovative ways to maintain the roads. A country that moves forward must also go along with the times. That’s why we