Business View Caribbean | February 2020

28 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2020 and now we’re designing and building multiple Ritz-Carlton branded DeckHouses. We have also been working closely with overseas owners to build their estate homes; in fact we’re building a 13,000-sq.-ft. oceanfront estate home in Rum Point, right now.” Today, Encompass has about 50 employees between its office on West Bay Road and the field, and Kline relates that the company self- performs quite a bit of its own work. “We prefer to control the schedule, as well as the quality,” he explains. “We do subcontract certain work, but we also have our own crews that can perform all types of construction work, as well. Oftentimes, we’re incorporating our subcontractors in and around our own onsite teams, so we’re maintaining the culture, quality, and timeline of our projects. What we focus on is making sure that we have group leaders in every section. So, if I’m going to bring on ten more framers, for example, I’m going to make certain that our three framing foremen, who are experts at