Business View Caribbean | July 2019

51 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2019 work. We’ve been building residential homes for many years – we put signs up at the homes during construction; people see them and they contact us. We do a wide range of builds, from low income housing, to condominiums, to high-end waterfront homes. We have an architect working in our office and we’re getting some commercial design/build work now, such as a rum bar we just completed in Coral Bay, St. John. We love serving the community, and we love building quality products that people are going to enjoy for years to come. That’s our motivation. And working with the employees of our company, the family of JPK workers, creates a level of joy that makes its way through our small community into the bigger community.” Erik Miles is one of five project managers who are valuable members of the JPK team. Speaking to why the company is a great place to work, Miles admits, “Working for JPK basically saved me. I’d always wanted to work with Jay. We’ve known each other since school. But after the hurricane, when my main line of work evaporated, it gave me the chance to do that. I was very fortunate. JPK is one big family. Many of the guys have been here from day one. We also have a new Governor and a new Administration in USVI. They’re doing great work down here and things are looking up.” JPK DEVELOPMENT