December 2016 | Business View Caribbean

112 113 Lefco’s Business Management Director, as she recounts the genesis of the firm. “Upon leaving that company, he opened his own business in St. Croix, providing heavy equipment rentals and repairs. That company,Monarch Equipment, still exists, today. He then found out that an oppor- tunity existed to operate a stone crushing plant for the south side of St. Lucia, so he decided to go there, and ended up starting a concrete and heavy equipment operation,which finally became Quarry Products Limited, in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia.” “In 1994, after having been to these other countries, he wanted to do something in his own country, where he was born,” Tyson continues. “He ended up on St. Kitts due to an opportunity LEFCO CONSTRUCTION AND MINING to provide crane service for a major construction project. He started using his crane and excavator to dig the foundation for a housing development at Frigate Bay.” Based on his success in St. Kitts, Liburd then entered the Nevis market, renting out heavy equip- ment which included cranes, excavators, bulldozers, and back- hoes. Following that, he procured some Redimix concrete and stone crushing equipment. Liburd’s persistence and business acumen paid off, and today, Lefco has grown substan- tially. The company has two Redimix Concrete plants; two Quarry Crushing plants, one on each island; one Concrete Block plant; and many pieces of heavy equipment, i.e. excavators, load- ers, cranes, backhoes, concrete trucks, dump trucks, and concrete pump trucks. Lefco provides civil engineering contracting services, heavy equipment rentals, rigging services, private and commercial construction, as well as roofing and guttering products, washed sand, and all sizes of crushed aggregates. “Many of our clients are com- mercial investors and developers of hotels and condominiums,” Tyson says. “We also service many private entities and local contractors. AT A GLANCE LEFCO WHAT: A heavy equipment rental and construction company WHERE: Nevis, West Indies WEBSITE: www.lefconevis. com