Business View Caribbean | December 2019

51 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN DECEMBER 2019 READY-MI X L IMI TED , BARBADOS projects that are a distance away, the Ready- Mix portable plant goes into action on the construction site, effectively reducing the road time for trucks going from the plant to the site. There are 19 trucks in the company fleet and four concrete pumps; three used all the time, plus the oldest pump is kept as a backup. In 2017, Ready-Mix imported a 47-meter pump, the largest on the island, that can pump up to 160 cubic meters an hour. With increased development happening on Barbados, the construction sector is seeing positive growth. Most recently, the Ready-Mix team has been hard at work at the Bridgetown port constructing the new scanner for containers. Only a trusted company would be hired for a job like this. Of course, the weather is always an unpredictable factor. A dry year, with not much rain, makes it easier for the building contractors and certain manufacturers. But it’s not good for everybody else, because Barbados depends on rainfall for the water supply. They just don’t want