Business View Caribbean | July 2019

71 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2019 While road construction is a primary focus, Windward Roads has expanded into maritime and civil concrete construction, housing, and utilities. They also do project development, raw material extraction, and production of aggregates for construction. Montesant reports, “We have our own mines on Curacao for our concrete and asphalt plants, and strategically, on all the seven islands I mentioned. We also use local mining companies from St. Maarten. On Curacao, 90 percent of the aggregates we use in the concrete and asphalt come from our own mine.” Full spectrum of customers Windward Roads has a full spectrum of customers including airports, marine, local governments, the hotel industry, homeowners, and sport federations – installing artificial grass, and asphalt or concrete basketball courts. Whether the client wants a parking lot, a road, or a house with a pool, Windward Roads will build it. In St. Maarten, they have diversified into residential construction on a small but effective scale. They also did some projects for the European Union on the islands. When it comes to highly-specialized engineering construction, such as marine breakwaters and piers, Windward Roads uses local and international construction consultant companies. WINDWARD ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE pictured below Pierre Montesant, Director of Windward Roads Infrastructure