Both Sides of The Coin: The Story of The Central Bank of Barbados 1972-2017

82 the departments which were by now spread over four locations: the Treasury Building, the Barnes Building, the Parliament Building and Norman Centre on Broad Street. Early in 1983, Ian Collymore, a graduate trainee in the Bank's Secretariat, was chosen as project co-ordinator. Collymore’s responsibilities included the coordination of the activities of numerous contractors and service providers to ensure timely and efficient implementation, representing the Bank at project meetings and generally liaising between the Bank and contracting parties. In 1986, he was appointed project manager, succeeding Winston Adams. In that role he had overall responsibility for completion of the project, particularly through the defects liability period, and for the management of the transfer of the operations to the new headquarters. In addition, he was entrusted with implementing the necessary administrative systems and recruiting personnel. Erecting the structure THE CRANE OPERATOR The tall crane on the site could lift up to 1,200 tons. It was operated by Clovis Scott from Hillaby, St. Thomas, who had qualifications in mechanical engineering from the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic. In order to perform his duties, every day for 36 consecutive weeks he had to climb to his seat 100 feet above Bridgetown. Even as he worked on the Bank building, Scott expressed a desire to work on the proposed 21-storey Central Bank building in Trinidad and Tobago. Clovis Scott.