WRITTEN BY LEONIE GARLICK

You’ve got a major, competitor-flooring project nestling in your mind. Well, it was nestling at first; it was the size of a small orb, sitting there quietly, ever so elegantly giving you hints and tips. It’s now bustling, busily trying to unmerge itself from your pulsating brain cells.

CLARITY IN THE LABYRINTHINE WORLD OF ENGINEERING

You know a great wealth about your company- its physical and

theoretical foundations, its essential targets and luxury finish

lines, its ultimate expectations. However, you’ve reached a

small gap in that wealth of knowledge. The thought of navigating your

way around the world of engineering gives you the impression you’ve

hit a steel wall- which is understandable really, considering there are

approximately 200 variations of the trade bumbling around the net

as we speak. Civil, Construction, Industrial… if you are not familiar

with the field, you may be asking yourself, “Well what exactly is the

difference?”

To an engineering expert, there is a considerable amount of

difference. So you open your browser, tap a few words on your

keyboard and realise that many engineering experts have an area of

expertise. “How am I going to find an engineer to work on my project?

They have specialist areas and I’m not sure which of those areas I am

looking for?” You may be saying to yourself. That’s when you realise

you need an engineering consultant; a reliable someone who can

pinpoint exactly which bits you need and where (that someone is not

afraid to use “bits” as business jargon).

Fear not, business buddies. Allow me to introduce you to Amarna

Consult Ltd- a diverse engineering consultancy based in the luscious

realms of St. Lucia and Trinidad.

The main objective? To integrate the construction process as easily

as possible in St. Lucia and beyond. This means that Civil, Structural,

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Architects, Designers and other

Professional Contractors will all be huddled in one place. That’s right-

you no longer have to stalk the web endlessly for consultancy (more

coffee breaks, less headaches-works for us!)

Amarna is clarity in the great big labyrinthine world of engineering.

Technical Director Mr Akhnaton St Rose is one of the key movers

and shakers behind the St. Lucia branch, along with his business

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You’re in St Lucia. It’s intensely hot and intensely beautiful. You’ve finally raised your company funding and you have high hopes for your short and perhaps long term investments. The orb you have been harbouring for so long is ready to combust with its uttermost potential as you knew it would.

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partner and Managing Director Mr Dennis Cudjoe. A swift look at

each of their readily available online resumes will tell you exactly why

your project is in the safest of hands.

“We are always looking for new markets”Naton says that creating practical solutions is one of the company’s

core values: “We listen to the needs of our customers so we can take

their projects on as our own. This enables us to think openly and to

consider as many possibilities as we can, through interacting with our

team members and associates. We are unrestricted”

Amarna was founded just ten years ago in 2003, but already

the company has a wealth of supervisory experience under its

metaphorical belt. From overseeing construction roads to building

up educational institutions and adding the primmest of touches to

boutique resorts, Amarna as a unit took it upon themselves to make

every one of those ten years count. In a nut shell, they’ve covered

everything from Malibu Barbie style beach houses to endearing local

schools.

The engineering pros have something that most companies

wouldn’t consider portraying in their core values- fearlessness. Naton

says they are always looking for shiny new markets, which is a risk that

has drastically improved their product over the years. Naton is a man

that knows how to stay true to his customers: “Sometimes if stressful

situations arise and our actions fall out of line, we have to apologise

and make things good so that we can move forward. We don’t let

issues linger”

Naton and his fellow engineers certainly have a grand approach to

business- jump now, and roll with that curve ball later.

We like it.

“We thank our staff for the success of the company”

There is one thing more stunning than Amarna’s new working

locations- the way the directors treat their staff. They’ve completely

by-passed the colleague stage, and instead appear to function as a

group of siblings; keeping an eye out for each other should anything

not go according to plan.

Naton, who describes his team of 11 as “Ambitious, hardworking,

intelligent and with great potential” says his staff are the ultimate lock

and key to Amarna’s success. He says: “Our staff is more important

than anything else really for the success of our company. They must be

healthy, happy, and comfortable

at work and home. We show

each team member that we are

genuinely concerned about

their well-being. We encourage

them to move on if better

opportunities exist outside of our

company but to keep in touch, so

we may collaborate in the future.”

Looking at the directors, it is

evident to us that every worker

under the Amarna family roof

has an equal mind set. Naton

says: “We’ve invested a lot of

time into this company- years

of focus. Working for a private

Engineering Consultancy which

we own has been a goal for all of

us since leaving university”

There is a wealth of training

available for Amarna’s engineers;

including mentorships, which

are contributed to financially

by the company or paid in full.

They provide a free exchange

of ideas and information, as

well as the opportunity to mesh

your skills with those of other

professionals. “We each benefit

from the training that another

team member has gained.” Naton

says politely.

Great heights for Amarna 2013

This approach has taken

Amarna to great heights this

year. They’ve joined forces with

a bunch of gifted architects from

Thailand, which has enabled

them to shoot forward with

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two of their most beautiful projects in 2013- Kittitian Hill and KOI

Resort. After discovering the company is receiving a large percent of

their income from these projects, the team at Amarna are currently

considering a new office in St. Kitts, which is where they are spending

most of their working hours. This is a very exciting step for the

company indeed.

Naton tells us that his team is working with several other big

markets as of late, too: “Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Dominica; St.

Vincent and The Grenadines. We also have a very close Electrical &

Mechanical Engineering outfit in Canada with whom we collaborated

on The Windjammer Landing in St. Lucia and with whom we intend to

develop a close relationship with in the future.”

If you are a newbie to St. Lucian travelling, The Windjammer

Landing is a luxury resort which specialises in meditation, therapeutic

boat tours and wedding services. Its St. Lucia wrapped up in a box

with a bow- it’s very classic and nicely stereotypical of the popular

Caribbean island.

“We strive to work with bigger markets, to have a greater presence

throughout the Caribbean and elsewhere, and most of all - we wish to

be less dependent on resources outside the expertise of our company

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“Our staff is more important than anything else really

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