Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 9

34 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected different economic sectors, Torcom Construction’s biggest concern is the unpredictable cost and availability of construction materials, the most significant cost center general contractors and their subcontractors must manage. “Although the pandemic has not affected the volume of work, it has had an impact on the price of work,” says Chitilian. “Materials coming in from the United States are delayed and this is threatening most of the contracts here, which might run over schedule and ultimately over budget.” Such delays are an even more considerable concern in FFP contracts. Chitilian notes, “Once Completing such large projects relies on crucial partnerships with subcontractors, to which Chitilian believes the company owes its success. “We work with a great bunch of subcontractors who we like to say are the backbone of our company. I’d mention everyone by name, but they would be too many to list. The few I can mention are Max Excavators, Mirage Steel, Michelin Masonry, and Elite Electric, four go-to subcontractors we work with on larger projects. I thank them and all the others that have done a lot of work for us. We couldn’t have finished on time and on budget if we didn’t have their full cooperation on each project.”