In a year when the Ministry of Housing-sponsored International Building Expo reflected few if any new developments in the manufacturing sector, BK Quarries Inc, a subsidiary of the BK Group of Companies, is promoting a relatively new product.
BK International already operates the largest known quarrying site in the Caribbean on the bank of the Mazaruni River. That apart, the company has carved out impressive niches in Guyana’s housing, road construction and sea defence sectors.
Some years ago, on the recommendation of one of its engineers, the BK subsidiary produced a new, particularly sturdy hollow block for the
