Business View Caribbean | February 2020

31 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2020 ENCOMPASS L IMI TED key aspect,” Kline adds. “Even if we’re not part of the design team on a particular project, we understand design; we know the challenges that design work has, so we’re able to navigate the process and lead it to where construction becomes a reality - within budget, and using techniques and materials that work. We’ve been able to demonstrate that quite successfully, throughout the years, so people feel very comfortable with us in charge of a project.” As the company continues to expand, Kline says that maintaining its “dynamic core” of construction professionals is crucial. “We have project managers, superintendents, foremen, estimators, and selection coordinators, so every pillar of the company has someone looking at it with the same viewpoint as an owner. And now, as we continue to grow and obtain more opportunities, we feel like we’ve become very scalable because of these core individuals that we have in the company and the processes that surround them. Moving forward, we’ll be able to manage larger projects because we’re always going to keep a dynamic team of construction workers in the field that can perpetuate our core values.” In the long term, Kline says that Encompass will continue to focus on the company’s development aspirations. “We’ve dabbled in some development, already; we’ve produced some multi-family product and we’ve also done some single-family development, as well,” he explains. “We’re passionate about design, as well as construction, so we’re happy to work with other great designers to build beautiful houses for people, but we also love the opportunity to create and not just build. Also, from an operations standpoint, we already do some property and rental management, as well. So, one of our goals is to build a Six-Star boutique hotel in the Cayman Islands – we plan to design it, build, it, and operate it.” What Kline avows will never change is the