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On Saturday October 20th, 2012, the Bahamas Contractors Association voted Bahamas Striping as the Level 1 Sub-Contractor Of The Year at an awards banquet at the British Colonial Hilton.<\/p>\n
According to the president of the two-year old company, Atario Mitchell, the
\naward is the more remarkable as the company has been operating for less than three years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis dispels the myth that it takes time for Bahamian businesses to prosper and be recognised. We\u2019re told that our quality, customer service and rapid growth won the day,\u201d said Mitchell.\u00a0 With more than 70 successful projects under its belt, the company is expecting the award to cement its reputation as the leading road and car park striper with the country\u2019s civil engineers and road pavers.<\/p>\n
The awards banquet was the last event in the BCA\u2019s Inaugural Regional Contractors Conference that attracted association members and contractors from several Caribbean countries. Mitchell hopes to help form a robust local striping industry with a bank of trained stripers that can one day export its services to other countries.<\/p>\n
The award highlights the company\u2019s rapid evolution into the country\u2019s leading striper. Vice President of the Bahamas Contractors Association, Leonard Sands, noted that Bahamas Striping\u2019s pro-Bahamian profile, the energy it puts into training young Bahamians, and its community building initiatives were all part of the decision.<\/p>\n
Sands said the BCA was impressed that Mitchell was only 22 years old when he formed his company. The industry peers noted the quality of the young company\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
\u201cBahamas Striping was unanimously selected by our council and from our newspaper poll for the award. We were also very impressed that the company invested in bringing in a certified foreign striping technician and trainer to elevate its workforce. Bahamas Striping is a model for many Bahamian sub-contractors,\u201d said Sands.<\/p>\n
President of Inline Project Ltd, Michael Jones, believes the award is a strong endorsement for the great work that Bahamas Striping produces. \u201cI\u2019ve worked with Bahamas Striping on two projects; they are very organized and detailed with their work. I was extremely pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bahamas Striping also performed for Carib Construction & Project Management on several projects. Managing Director Tony Lewis described the company\u2019s tenacity, efficiency and energy as \u201camazing\u201d. While several companies regularly bid for his company\u2019s work, Lewis noted that Bahamas Striping went over and beyond the call of duty to secure a job and then executed it well. Mr. Lewis believes that, \u201cBahamas Striping is an effective, upcoming, and striving small business with strong growth prospects and huge potential. In the very near future, Bahamas Striping will be a company that all Bahamians can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mitchell said that the award is a wonderful milestone for his company. \u201cFirst of all, I thank God. None of this would be possible without all the help I\u2019ve received. I thank the government, the private contractors and all of my clients and public supporters for this success. Mitchell acknowledges his mentors and staff as \u201cpillars on which I now stand.\u201d It would have been impossible without them, he said.<\/p>\n
President Mitchell maintains that the company will fulfill its promises to train young Bahamians in striping to meet an estimated $4.5 million demand for striping needed over the next five years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the long-term future looks promising,\u201d said Mitchell, \u201ccurrently we are pretty much idle. But based on the Minister of Works\u2019 public assurances we\u2019ve gone ahead and invested in the expense of bringing in a United Kingdom Striping Technician and Trainer. So, although we\u2019re currently not working on any public road striping work, we hope that will change soon. That\u2019s why we took an advanced step in hiring the UK striping trainer,\u201d said Mitchell.<\/p>\n
Mitchell referred to assurances recently given by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works & Urban Development, the Hon. Phillip \u201cBrave\u201d Davis, that Bahamas Striping and other local stripers will soon be given opportunities to work on public roads and will acquire government work. DPM Davis also said he could see with his own eyes that Bahamians can do striping work at a good quality and that there is no need to bring in foreign stripers to do work that Bahamians are effectively trained to do.<\/p>\n
Bob Bower<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Caption: On Saturday, October 20th, 2012 at the British Colonial Hilton, the Bahamas Contractors Association (BCA) awarded Bahamas Striping as Level 1 Sub-Contractor Of The Year. Accepting the award were (from L-R): Marketing Director Bob Bower, United Kingdom Certified Striping Technician and Trainer Brian Bostock, President Atario Mitchell, Former Trainee Triston Johnson, and Managing Director Sean Adderley. The award, voted by construction industry engineers and contractors, honours the company for its customer service and quality of work. Bahamas Striping wants striping to become a fully-capable, locally-performed industry and invests heavily in staff training and empowering young Bahamians.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bahamas Contractors Association voted two-year-old company Bahamas Striping as the Level 1 Sub-Contractor Of The Year at an awards banquet at the British Colonial Hilton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[55,24,290,119],"class_list":["post-27300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-awards","tag-construction","tag-entrepreneur","tag-roads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}