Leadership and team

The team that builds where others can't.

A senior team with decades on the hardest kind of construction. We self-perform the critical work, and most of the team lives where it builds, so the people accountable for your project are the ones on the ground.

Who runs the work

Who runs the work

Getting a resort built on a remote island takes more than a name on a contract. It takes people who have done it before, on sites where the easy answers do not apply.

Stabilis was founded by Tyler and Samantha Edwards and is run by a senior team that has spent decades on complex, remote, and hard-to-reach construction.

We are a master builder, not a broker. The people who plan your job, price it, pour the concrete, and ship the materials are our own. That is why the accountability sits in one place, from the first estimate to the final handover.

By the numbers

The team by experience

The question owners ask first is how experienced you really are. Here is the short answer.

250+Years of combined construction experience across the team
100+Years of it in the U.S. Virgin Islands specifically
90%Employee retention, so the team that starts your project is the team that finishes it
85%Of the team lives in the U.S. Virgin Islands
ThreeLocal languages spoken fluently by a quarter of the team

The team also holds the credentials the work demands: eight OSHA-30 certifications, twelve in first aid and CPR, licensed trades, and five certified divers for marine work, one of them a licensed instructor.

How we are built

Built to control the whole job

Look at how the team is put together and you can see the strategy in it. We are set up to own every part of a hard build, not just manage it.

01Estimating and preconstruction in house.Senior estimators with decades each, so the number you get early is one the builder will stand behind.
02The critical trades are our own.Concrete, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing are led by specialists on our team, so the schedule-driving work does not wait on someone else’s crew.
03Our own logistics and shipping.A dedicated logistics and shipping coordinator keeps materials moving to the island, because on a remote site that is often the real project.
04Systems people, not just building people.The same team that builds the resort builds the water, power, and waste systems that keep it running.

The team is best judged by what it has built. Take a look.

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Leadership

Leadership

Meet the senior team that runs the work.

Tyler Edwards

Owner and Principal-in-Charge

Twenty years delivering hospitality, institutional, healthcare, and commercial projects across the mainland, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas. Carries executive oversight and owner communication on fast-track and design-build work.

St. Thomas, USVI

Samantha Edwards

Owner and Executive Controller

Founded Stabilis and runs its construction financial management. Holds general contracting licences in Florida, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has taken the company into the Bahamas and Puerto Rico.

St. Thomas, USVI

Beck Dando

Project Executive

Twenty-three years leading complex renovations and new construction, with more than $600 million in project value under his oversight. Specialises in aggressive renovation inside occupied, operating buildings.

St. Thomas, USVI

David Gray

Project Manager

Forty years across hospitality, education, aviation, retail, and tenant improvements, in both ground-up construction and renovation. Runs the Florida and Bahamas resort work.

Orlando, Florida

Rob Drollett

Project Manager

Twenty-five years in luxury residential, multi-family, and commercial construction, with deep experience in hurricane-zone building, water-intrusion remediation, and structural rehabilitation. Licensed general contractor and U.S. Navy veteran.

Florida

Frank Strafach

Vice President and Director of Operations

Forty years of field leadership across hospitality, water treatment, and heavy concrete, having run crews of more than 120 personnel. Led major hurricane-recovery work at a luxury Virgin Islands resort.

St. Thomas, USVI

Jon Allen

Master Plumber

Twenty-five years on mechanical and plumbing systems. Leads the trade scopes Stabilis keeps in its own hands rather than passing to a subcontractor.

Mike Power

Superintendent

Thirty years in the field, supervising structure and superstructure on self-performed concrete and serving as safety director across the work. Rigger and crane-crew lead on heavy lifts.

St. Thomas, USVI

Ryan Rivera

Logistics Director

Coordinates shipping, freight, and FF&E deliveries into the islands, holding vendor schedules, warehouse staging, and installation dates together on jobs where nothing arrives by road.

St. Thomas, USVI

Local

A team that lives where it builds

We are not a team that flies in, builds, and leaves.

Most of the Stabilis team lives in the U.S. Virgin Islands, works across the region’s local languages, and is part of the communities we build in. That is part of why the work holds up. The people accountable for it are still there long after the job is done.

The same team gives back where it works, from sports fields and skate parks to programs for disabled veterans and volunteer disaster relief at home and abroad.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How experienced is the Stabilis team?

The senior team carries more than 250 years of combined construction experience, with over 100 years of it in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Retention runs near 90 percent, so the experienced team that starts your project is the one that finishes it.

Does Stabilis self-perform the work or subcontract it?

We self-perform the work that decides a schedule, including the concrete superstructure, and we run our own shipping and logistics to the islands. Specialist trades on our team lead the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing scopes, so the critical work stays in our own hands.

Where is the Stabilis team based?

Stabilis is headquartered in the U.S. Virgin Islands, with offices in Florida and Austin, Texas. Most of the team lives in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and shipping and logistics are coordinated on the island, close to the work.

Who leads Stabilis Builders?

Stabilis was founded by owners Tyler and Samantha Edwards, and is run by a senior team of project management, operations, trade, and logistics specialists, many with two to four decades of experience each in complex and remote construction.

Talk to our team

Want the people who will run your project on the phone?

Email the team and tell us what you are planning and where. You will talk to people who have built it before. Or send the details through our Request for Quote form.

Read the full company story on About, see the licenses and past performance on Capabilities and Credentials, or download the capability statement to share with your stakeholders.

We build where others can't.