Leighton whyte

Some three decades later, Leighton still spends a significant part of his day drawing, but not with a pencil and a sketch pad, as he was accustomed to during his childhood. He executes the planning and administering of complex design programmes, proposals and contracts. When he is not drawing, he dons a hard hat and hard boots, and heads to worksites to assess projects in progress by contractors; as well as to work in tandem with urban planners, quantity surveyors, landscape and interior designers.

Among the major projects he accomplished recently was formulating the creation of the first Ocho Rios Town Management plan, which entails conceptualizing and designing various projects in the town. Currently, he focuses on the managing and implementation of the redevelopment planning components for downtown Kingston.

In the middle of the night I get up to sketch. What I like most about my work is conceptualizing a project, getting information, talking with clients to determine their needs, and seeing their satisfaction following its successful completion. Leighton reminisced being ushered into the architectural field as a result of a Career Day Talk when he was in Grade Three at the Dunrobin Primary School. However, although he obtained outstanding passes in all subjects taken in CXC, Leighton faced an uphill battle.

Determined to keep his dream career alive, he enrolled in the two-year Construction Technology Programme at EXED Community College, which the avid saver was able to pay for in part from his savings as a young member of what was then the Jamaica National Building Society , now JN Bank. To make himself more competitive, he registered for another Construction Technology programme, this time at UTECH, where he spent two years, before finally getting one of the coveted spaces in the second year of the Bachelor of Arts Architectural programme.

During his studies, he was honoured for his outstanding academic performance in Art, Construction Engineering and best academic performance in Architectural Studies. Following completion of his studies, Leighton gained full-time employment with the company as a project architect, and acquired practical experience over the next seven years. One of the first assignments he received was to administer the contract for a building under construction, which required him to do site visits and writing reports.

He always did a great job at anything he was assigned. Although the drawing was not used as the blueprint in the end, it was work that Leighton was proud of and pleased to have been granted the opportunity. Today the JN Bank Express offers a secured hour facility at branches, where members can quickly use ATMs to deposit funds, even without the need for an ATM card; make withdrawals and check account balances, as well as access US dollars.

A family man, Leighton ensures that his family remains his number one priority. Married for the past seven years to Tamara, a banker, and they have a one-year-old child, Zachrai.

Proud of his culinary skills, Leighton also enjoys preparing healthy meals and green juices for the family. She is a vegetarian and I eat very little meat. He explained that his healthy lifestyle was influenced by growing up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Today, he is an ordained Elder at the Shortwood Seventh-day Adventist Church, where he focuses on moulding the minds of young people, some of whom are vulnerable; and steer them in right directions, to make career choices for which they have aptitudes. A devout Christian, Leighton firmly believes in putting God at the helm of all his endeavours, and attributes his successes to Him. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Bathroom Vanity Sale.

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