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A STRUCTURAL steel company which specialises in disaster-proof buildings is hoping to play a major role in the reconstruction of hurricane-hit communities in Barbuda.<\/p>

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REIDsteel has designed, manufactured and supplied hundreds of buildings in the Caribbean and Central America over the past century, including churches, granaries, schools, industrial units, aircraft hangars and bridges.<\/p>\n

Sales manager Mike Chappell has recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Barbuda and the British Virgin Islands where he saw the devastation first hand. Mike met business and community leaders as well as government ministers.<\/p>

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His visit came after virtually all of REIDsteel\u2019s structures \u2013 including warehouses, supermarkets and chandleries and banks \u2013 survived hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which hit at speeds of more than 200 mph. Only one of its many buildings had suffered minor structural damage as a consequence of the hurricanes.<\/p>

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Mike said: \u201cAlthough I saw the devastation on the television, nothing can compare you for the shock of seeing it before your own eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople said that that they had experienced some incredible hurricanes but that this was on a completely different scale.<\/p>

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\u201cMany buildings were just a tangled mess. I was one of the first businessmen allowed in and it was good to see that our buildings had withstood the joint onslaught as well as they had.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really shows where quality and innovation of design along with an insistence on the highest standards and engineering really proves its value.\u201d<\/p>

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Mike added: \u201cAs a company we have built strong personal bonds and business links with the Caribbean over many years.<\/p>

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\u201cWe\u2019ve already begun detailed talks about buildings such as schools, warehouses and port storage units. We\u2019re looking forward to helping the communities rebuild, so the islands and their infrastructure are much more resilient in the face of future hurricanes.\u201d<\/p>\n

REIDsteel\u2019s buildings are designed and built to withstand the toughest environments on earth as well as natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis.<\/p>\n

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