Thank You, Gilbert!

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    Today we’d light to shine a spotlight on one of our essential business support employees, Gilbert Smart.

    Gilbert finished school at the age of 16, becoming a watchmaker by trade in 1967. As digital watches started becoming more popular and demand for watchmakers decreased, Gilbert decided it was time to make a career change. After his stint as a swimming instructor for two years, he became employed by BEMRA, our joint venture company with Varming Consulting Engineers Ltd. in 1993. Initially working in Tramway House, Gilbert was responsible for everything behind the scenes. Full operation and maintenance of our offices including gardening, organising for the car park to be remarked when needed and coordinating external services such as electricians, even coming in on Saturdays, like when he oversaw the carpet cleaning.

    When J. B. Barry and Partners Limited moved from Tramway House and into Classon House ten years ago, the Directors asked Gilbert to move with us. Gilbert still takes care of the behind-the-scenes jobs, organising for contractors to come in when needed, delivering hard copies of tenders and numerous other tasks to keep everything running smoothly. Some of his favourite parts about working for J. B. Barry and Partners Limited is getting to drive to different places and having a variety of tasks to complete within his daily work.

    …and if you were wondering, all these years later, Gilbert still has a passion for working with his hands and fixing things. A couple of his hobbies include woodworking and jewellery repair in addition to being a referee since 2009.

    Thank you Gilbert for working with us for more than 29 years!

    4 January 2023