Business View Caribbean | January 2021

40 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JANUARY 2021 specialized in roofing; we were the first roofing company in the Bahamas and the oldest to date. Then we brought in Paul to expand our resources, and our horizon, and our workload, and the type of work we were seeking.” The company’s clientele list has grown, predominately, from word of mouth; both for high-end renovations and new construction. And the commercial workload has seen significant expansion. “Since Paul’s been involved, we’ve done a lot of commercial work at Baha Mar,” says Premock. “Baha Mar is a 1,000-acre resort complex in Nassau. We renovated the villas – beautiful! And we created their Current Gallery & Art Center from scratch. That was an empty space that turned into a really cool project.” Bahamas Builders also built the new gym at the Melia Nassau Beach Hotel for the same company, and renovated the hotel’s Three Tides restaurant. The Royal Fidelity Bank in the Providence House building is another prime renovation in the company’s portfolio. Presently, Bahamas Builders is working on four projects in Lyford Cay – a 1950s era, high-end community of mostly second, third, and fourth generation home owners. The well-established development features an exclusive club, world- class golf course, etc. Premock’s team is winding up some significant renovations there, as well as some new construction. And they broke ground in October on a new house in The Abacos, at Winding Bay; another beautiful, private membership golf course development. Renovations account for about 50 percent of the company’s business; new builds 30 percent; and commercial 20 percent. The renovations are complete gut jobs in the $4 million range, and the results are spectacular. Premock acknowledges, “Unfortunately, life moves so fast that we don’t get to capture all the great work-in-progress moments that happen on our jobs. And a lot of our clientele are very private, so once they move in, it’s hard to get back in for professional photographs. But now that we’re