Business View Caribbean | August 2019

52 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN AUGUST 2019 F or 38 years, Virgin Island Paving, Inc. has been laying down a legacy of quality roadwork and innovative construction projects in the U. S. Virgin Islands. Through economic ups and downs, and devastation wrought by nature’s worst storms, this strong family business has survived and thrived to earn the respect of government clients, the hospitality industry, and private developers, alike. VI Paving and its 50 employees are trusted as specialists in highway, street, and bridge construction, along with other heavy and civil engineering construction. Robert Schierloh is current President of the company that was established and incorporated in 1981 by his uncle Richard Schierloh. Robert’s sons both work with Virgin Islands Paving, William Schierloh is the Treasurer. Daniel Schierloh is the Secretary and President in Training and they are third generation members of the family corporation. When the company started, it was during the shift from macadam roads, where they laid down rock and actually poured asphalt on the road – rather than using the plants they have now where they heat and mix the materials together, put them in trucks, A LEGACY OF QUALITY