Business View Caribbean | August 2022

62 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 “Before COVID, the client would come more frequently to the island during the construction, but now they only come one or two times. So, we send them pictures and we keep in touch with them through WhatsApp, or email, or Zoom,” reports van Lieshout. While technologies such as solar panels and smart homes are seeing an increase in popularity, Aquarius Caribbean enlists the expertise of various suppliers to install these options. The company has many valuable supplier and subcontractor relationships that all play a vital role in its growth and success. Van Lieshout acknowledges, “There are so many different ones because it all depends on the on the client’s wishes.” The company does provide a 68-page construction guide to potential clients, in which suppliers and partners were given the opportunity to add their company information at no charge. Claartje van den Bogaard, Marketing Director for Aquarius Caribbean, explains, “You’re never building it all by yourself, we depend on many suppliers and partners. So, our guide was free for everyone to get their name in. That was simply for us to say thanks. We are all doing it together, and we are depending on each other.” This exceptionally produced guide offers extensive information on the building process and options, while also including photos of houses of existing clients, which van den Bogaard suggests is a point of pride for many. “They are proud of their homes, and also to see it in our guide,” she shares. “If we look at the guide ourselves, we realize that Aquarius makes those houses and they really belong to the most beautiful of the island.” As Marketing Director, van den Bogaard uses social media to share the company’s progress and milestones. She explains that the stepping down of the older generation, along with the challenges of COVID have refreshed the company, which is now made up of a much SINT MAARTEN barbados aruba curacao bonaire your Caribbean partner in construction kooymanbv.com +5999 670 1125