Business View Caribbean | December 2019

53 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN DECEMBER 2019 READY-MI X L IMI TED , BARBADOS obstacles, keeping the project moving and on schedule. The entire truck fleet is computerized. Fuel-wise, it increases efficiency; however, there are other issues that play havoc with transportation. The Barbados climate affects computer wiring in the vehicles. Also, the local road conditions are not the best – you get a lot of vibration, which leads to the wires breaking, eventually. The only way to deal with that is to pull out the wire harness and replace it. Something else with trucks on these roads: the suspension is meant for big highways. It’s not as smooth as a car, or a pick-up with a soft suspension that cushions it when you drop in a hole. The fact that foreign investors are keen to spend money in Barbados, building massive houses worth 20 to 70 million dollars each, and fuelling expansion of the hospitality sector, is a great help to companies like Ready-Mix because they depend on foreign exchange, since they have to import most everything except limestone for manufacturing. In a nod to the future, Proverbs reports, “We’re keeping our equipment and systems up to date, so that we’ll be able to continue providing the excellent quality of service and product that we’re respected for, now. Our competitors might give better pricing, but the quality of their product is not as good as ours, and we give much better service. That carries you a long way. And our name is well known – Ready-Mix is synonymous around the world with concrete.” “We’ve been in this business longer than anyone on the island; through good times and bad,” Proverbs says, in conclusion. “We have watched homes and businesses we helped to build, succeed and thrive, just as we have done - brick by brick and strength by strength. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal customers who have supported us over the years, and especially our Ready-Mix team that works so hard to make it all possible, every day.”