14/05/2026
Our Managing Director Eric Lewis has been championing the call for accelerated construction approvals as a real point of leverage for national transformation and economic stimulation. He took to the stage at the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT) 2026 Technical Conference joining Minister of Land and Legal Affairs, The Honourable Saddam Hosein and other industry experts for a feature discussion on ‘Construction Permitting: Accelerating Economic Growth, Investment and Employment in Trinidad and Tobago’.
The Outcome?
The industry has the ear of the policy makers. Minister Hosein concluded that the conversation ‘concretised’ the problem and called for collaboration to change the approval process and the wider public sector culture.
Photo Caption: Panellists for the feature discussion on construction permitting on Day 1 of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago’s (APETT) Technical Conference 2026. (l-r) Eric Lewis, Managing Director, Lauriston Lewis Associates Limited - Consulting Engineers; The Honourable Saddam Hosein, Minister of Land and Legal Affairs; Renelle Sarjeant Senior Specialist, Infrastructure for Resilient States; and Stein Carrington, Principal Architect, Stein Carrington Ltd.