Business View Caribbean | January 2021

42 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JANUARY 2021 Interior & Exterior Window Treatment Specialists M.R.HIGGS ANDCO. 1-242-424-8192 andrewhiggs67@gmail.com @m.r.higgsandco Nassau, The Bahamas I finally had to retire them and take them off the roofs. They were not happy! Our lead foreman has been with us for 35 years, the second one about 22 years. So we have that longevity and loyalty, and it’s about the way we treat our people and the way we’d like to be treated.” Most of the firm’s clients are off-island, so the company has been communicating with them and their architects via Zoom calls and facetime on the site, and an abundance of emails. As for training in new technologies, the company brings in specialty trades from the U.S. or Canada when required, and the team works directly with them to learn as much as possible. “There are some great companies here in Nassau that we reach out to, as well,” says Premock, “if there’s something outside of our realm that we need to subcontract, say for smart home technology, solar, energy efficiency, specialty water treatment systems, all those type of things. We have a great network of colleagues in the business – people we can rely on, team up with, whatever the

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