and Thompson’s comfort with it is personal as well as professional. An airline pilot by profession and a former computer programmer, he describes himself as “not the slightest bit scared by technology,” and notes that he uses AI regularly. Within the company, AI is currently most useful in research, scheduling support, and code compliance checks, as well as sourcing and evaluating materials. In the field, Thompson emphasizes, construction still requires hands-on execution—setting trusses, lifting materials, anchoring structures—and while electronic layout tools help with leveling, angles, and setting out buildings, the job remains fundamentally physical. “We use it more in the office than in the field,” he says.“The technology in the field is not really AI yet.” WHAT’S NEXT: 2026 PRIORITIES AND ACTIVE PROJECTS Entering 2026,Thompson Quality Homes has a clear set of active and upcoming priorities. The largest future initiative is the South Church Street project, which the company hopes to begin by the end of 2026, pending planning approvals. Additional near-term construction includes a 16-unit project in Savannah, which has just begun. The company is also actively renovating and selling inventory in two purchased apartment communities: Sandscape Residences in West Bay (a 36-unit asset being renovated and sold in stages), and Vista Caribe in Grand Harbour, where remaining units are also being renovated and brought to market. 25 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 13, ISSUE 02 THOMPSON QUALITY HOMES
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