INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS LTD (ICM)
BUILDING A NEW WORLD International Construction Managers Ltd (ICM) was started by Wendall Marshall as a Construction Management firm for the Caribbean. Mr. Marshall’s first company, ICM Bahamas, was established in 2010 after the president returned from studying and working in the United States. Today, the company spans the region through an additional two companies: ICM Antigua and ICM St. Martin. Furthermore, it has its own construction firm by the name of WM Construction. ICM’s name is already attached to some of the region’s most notable buildings. It was responsible, for example, for the One West Business Park and the RBC Wealth Management centre, both in Nassau. In Antigua, ICM constructed several government buildings and various custom residential properties. Meanwhile, in St. Martin, it focuses on the demolition and construction of high-end hotels. LIFTING UP EVERYBODY It’s clear that the company is successful and the ICM name carries a good reputation. It has created this in just 13 years. However, 18 | SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MAGAZINE
in order to deliver its projects, ICM has had to change how construction works – not only for itself, but for the rest of the region as well. One of the starkest examples of this was the foundation of WM Construction. Mr. Marshall explains why establishing the company was essential and how it’s changed the local landscape: “We found that in, some places where our projects went ahead, we couldn’t find appropriate local construction companies. We had to actually start a construction company in order to do some of the work that’s very technical, or because there simply wasn’t the staff locally to do it. We’d
