Business View Caribbean | March 2021

90 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN MARCH 2021 T R I C O S U P P L I E S N . V . Man O’ War, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean Tel: (599) 318-3100 / 318-2528 Email: trico2528@yahoo.com Building a Stronger Statia Bu lding a St nger Statia not only could they get injured but the company is deemed at fault and the insurance company won’t pay. COVID-19 has definitely hampered operations due to project and material delays and increased costs. Djasmin notes, “The thing is, you signed the contract according to normal conditions (pre-COVID) without factoring in the costs of COVID tests for workers which are mandated by the government and cost the company between $80 and $125 each. We didn’t take that into consideration at the time we quoted our price, so we have to deal with those costs. And not only are we losing money, but time as well, if you have 10 guys that go 10 days in quarantine. And we still have to pay them a non-productivity base rate. A shortage of materials is also delaying work and the prices of lumber from the U.S. are going sky high.” In Saba, the current infrastructure work is all