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will become President and we’ll keep on going. So, we
have done the generation-passing of the baton.”
Meanwhile, F & R is still working on some big projects,
including the $136 million University of Puerto Rico
Comprehensive Cancer Center. Although contracts of
this size are often awarded to firms from the mainland,
F & R was able to capture it, based on its stellar track
record of building first-rate healthcare facilities in
past, including: the SIM Medical Facility in Corozal, the
Dr. Antonio M. Ortiz Pediatric Hospital Tower at Centro
Médico in San Juan, the Diagnostic Treatment Cen-
ters in Bayamón and Guaynabo, and the Family Health
Center in Río Grande. Some of F & R’s other current
projects include: The Caguas Judicial Center Building,
the San Isidro Vocational School in Canóvanas, and
the Las Cascadas Hotel in Aguadilla.
But even after all these years of helping to build mod-
ern Puerto Rico from the ground up, F & R still has to
bid on each individual contract - usually against the
other small handful of major contractors on the island.
“They are my friends and we compete for buildings,”
Fullana says. “We just have to better than they are.” Of
course, he also admits that having such an extensive
portfolio of projects in so many places, can give his
company a leg-up. “If you take a taxi and drive around
downtown San Juan, I can keep pointing out different
buildings we have done, and people notice that and
