Helping Hand Initiative delivers to St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia As part of ongoing efforts to assist those persons who have been affected by Hurricane Tomas in neighboring Caribbean Islands, the Helping Hand Initiative launched by Prime Minister Persad–Bissessar is working. Two flights to the Hewanorra International Airport in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia left Trinidad and Tobago bearing key supplies. Items were donated from a variety of sources NGO’s, corporate citizens and even some government agencies,... [Read More...]
Feature interview: Winston Dookeran
Feature interview: Winston Dookeran All things being equal, it could easily be that one of the most popular words in 2009 has been “recession”. Indeed, President of the United States of America (US) Barack Obama said “recession”6 times in his February 24th address to Congress. Whilst the rest of the world battles with varying degrees of reactive and preventative measures in an effort to deal with this phenomenon, the Governor of the Central... [Read More...]
The Jamaica National Building Code
The Jamaica National Building Code Noel C. daCosta BSc, MASc, MBA, ACII When I was honored to serve as President of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) in 2002, some of my colleagues suggested that it would be a good idea to do something constructive about establishing an up-to-date building code for Jamaica. This was against the background that the extant legally enforceable code was published in 1908. An updated code was published in 1983... [Read More...]
CCD Signs Distribution Agreements
CCD Signs Distribution Agreements PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – CCD recently signed circulation agreements with distributors in Canada, the United States of America and Barbados. Even though the magazine is just three issues old, Editor in Chief Steve Rajpatty believes that CCD is well on its way to becoming the forum where students, professionals and the public at large can obtain information on the industry as well as a place where the industry’s... [Read More...]
CCD Benevolent Fund & Honor Roll
CCD Benevolent Fund & Honor Roll Benevolent Fund CCD would like to establish a Benevolent Fund to provide financial assistance to construction workers and their families who have been affected by illness, injury or death. CCD would like to set up a “Working Committee” to make this goal a reality. If you are interested in being part of this Committee, please contact us via email at [email protected]. Honor Roll CCD would also like... [Read More...]
