'We're begging like children'

Thu, Sep 23rd 2010, 11:00 PM

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

Bahamian contractors must be actively engaged on the major multi-million dollar development projects if this nation is to "grow itself to mature status", the industry's head told Tribune Business, rather than just let the sector simply be used as a labour pool by developers.

Stephen Wrinkle, the Bahamian Contractors Association's (BCA) president, said the organisation was working hard to get contractors - as opposed to tradesmen - involved with projects such as Baha Mar's proposed $2.6 billion Cable Beach expansion and the $409.5 million Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) redevelopment, because little knowledge transfe ...

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