48 February 2016 - Business View Caribbean
your company into something that you could market.
ISO is a system where it depends on you. You have to
control it. You have to develop it. How you use it is up
to you. We used it very wisely and we’ve developed the
company in such a way that, after three or four years,
we established our self in the market as the company
that produces a quality product on a timely basis.”
As time went on, KEL’s reputation flourished as it
became the recipient of several industry awards. In
1999, it received the Prime Minister’s Competitive-
ness Award for Services, and the Prime Minister’s
Award for Quality in Construction Materials. In 2000,
it was recognized by the South Trinidad Chamber of
Industry and Commerce, through the Robert Montano
Award for Excellence in Services. In 2005, KEL was
awarded the Business Development Company Limited
(BDC) and Republic Bank Limited Award for Excellence
in Business, and in 2013, it got the Corporate Social
Responsibility Award from the South Chamber. Mo-
hamed reports that all of these awards were reported
in the local press, affording the company some very
positive, as well as free, advertising.
An additional certification for KEL came by way of the
Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago’s STOW, or
Safe TO Work, program. STOW certifies that a company
in the energy sector governs its business according to
industry best practices. This gives the major upstream
and downstream operating companies confidence that
the inherent risk to the health and safety of workers in
the industry will be effectively managed. The greatest
and most obvious benefit that STOW brings is provid-
ing an HSE net to our greatest asset, our workforce.
