NH airport contract opens opportunities for T&T manufacturers

Trinidad and To­ba­go man­u­fac­tur­ers and ser­vice providers stand to ben­e­fit from NH In­ter­na­tion­al Caribbean Ltd’s EC$666 mil­lion (US$243 mil­lion) con­tract to re­de­vel­op St Lu­cia’s Hewanor­ra In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, with op­por­tu­ni­ties span­ning con­struc­tion ma­te­ri­als, elec­tri­cal prod­ucts, plumb­ing, air con­di­tion­ing and spe­cial­ist sub­con­tract­ing.

NH In­ter­na­tion­al chair­man Emile Elias said the com­pa­ny’s first pri­or­i­ty was to max­imise the use of St Lu­cian labour, ma­te­ri­als, re­sources and ser­vices, but the scale of the project would al­so cre­ate sig­nif­i­cant op­por­tu­ni­ties for Trinidad and To­ba­go sup­pli­ers.

“Our first pri­or­i­ty is to the peo­ple of St Lu­cia, and to max­imise the use of St Lu­cian labour, St Lu­cian ma­te­ri­als, re­sources and ser­vices,” Elias said.