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picts a sword-wielding fellow on horseback. When the
university officially took the name in 1923, it was to
pay homage to the aforementioned civil war era, when
the people of Virginia aligned themselves with royalist
supporters often referred to as “Cavaliers.”
Under the ownership of Lightbourn and his partner,
Eugene A. Pyfrom, the company completed its first
project – a resort that still stands today -- in the Exu-
ma Cays in 1956. Since, it has grown from strength to
strength to become a household name in the Baha-
mian construction industry.
Cavalier’s founders retired in 2005 as part of a struc-
tured buyout which saw company ownership tran-
sitioned to several long-serving employees. The ar-
rangement with superintendents, engineers and
procurement staff, among others, has helped ensure
a level of vigilance at the grass roots operational level
which the directors felt could not be matched by rigid
headquarters office overview.
These days, the company prides itself on a capacity to
not only deliver an incomparable end product, but also
to guide its clients through regulatory approval pro-
cesses while proffering engineering proposals that are
rooted in local knowledge. The Bahamian landscape is
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Cavalier Construction
WHAT:
Bahamas-based general contractor
WHERE:
Corporate headquarters in Nassau,
Bahamas
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