Engineering and construction firm website cost in Nassau: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Nassau, a website for an engineering and construction firm costs, as a 2026 ballpark, 8 000 to 30 000 BSD with a local agency (the Bahamian dollar equals 1 USD) and 2 000 to 8 000 BSD with a freelancer, which puts some freelancers level with Kolonell or below it. Kolonell offers a fixed 2 900 USD, 4 900 USD or 8 900 USD with native copywriting, a project manager on US Eastern hours and a prequalification area from Growth upwards. Kolonell does not come to your sites: no photography or drone work, no in-person meetings.

Where do Nassau prices come from, and where does Kolonell sit?

Nassau has few structured web agencies; many New Providence construction firms buy their site in Miami or Fort Lauderdale, and smaller ones go through a recommended freelancer. The ranges below are prudent: they draw on public rate cards of Bahamian and Florida agencies, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co, published hourly rates (about 75 to 150 BSD per hour in Nassau, more in Florida) and Upwork profiles of Bahamas-based developers.

To be frank: if your site only needs to present three services and a phone number, a good Nassau freelancer at 2 500 BSD will do the job. Kolonell makes sense when you want copy written by native writers, a single project manager, a written fixed price and full ownership of the domain and accounts. Package details are on the international offer.

What do New Providence and the Family Islands change?

Construction in The Bahamas is driven by resorts and marinas, luxury residential in Lyford Cay or on Paradise Island, offices for the financial sector in Nassau, and public works: roads, ports, water and power. Since Hurricane Dorian struck Abaco and Grand Bahama in 2019, resilience and rebuilding have become points project owners examine closely. Family Island projects bring their own logistics (barges, crew housing, imported materials), and an overseas owner wants to see that you can handle them.

A project sheet is only published with the owner's approval; projects under a confidentiality agreement stay anonymised. ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 certifications only appear if your firm holds them. Engineer registration and building permit control sit with the relevant Bahamian authorities: quote your registration numbers exactly as they appear on your official documents.

On data, the Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003 governs personal data in The Bahamas, so your project and application forms need a clear privacy notice. If you recruit in the UK, Canada or the EU, other laws may apply. WCAG 2.2 AA remains the technical reference for accessibility. This is not legal advice.

How much does the site cost over three years?

All columns share the same maintenance assumption after the support period (120 USD per month), the same hosting and one day of photography. At Kolonell, maintenance after support is quoted on request: this is a comparison assumption.

The freelancer stays cheaper than Kolonell Premium over three years. The difference buys a prequalification area built for your tenders, written project sheets and six months of support; you decide whether those pages help you win bids.

Which red flags should you spot in quotes?

• A bought theme sold as custom. Ask for the list of plugins and who pays their yearly licences.
• No copywriting line. Your project sheets will stay empty or be pasted from technical reports.
• Mandatory, non-transferable hosting. You must be able to leave with your files and database.
• Site photos without a written licence. Photographers often keep the rights; the licence must cover the web and tender documents.
• A client portal slipped into a website quote. Online site progress tracking is a full application; at Kolonell it is quoted on request.

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Devon M. is business development manager at a 35-person design-build firm in Nassau. He answers about 14 prequalifications a year for hotel operators and developers, and spends 6 hours assembling the documents for each, 84 hours a year. With a Premium prequalification area at 8 900 USD (capability statement, certificates, references ready to download), he expects to drop to 2 hours per file: 56 hours saved a year. At an internal cost of 85 BSD per hour, that is 4 760 USD a year, so the investment pays back in under two years, before counting any bid won.

FAQ

Why not just hire a freelancer at 3 000 BSD?

For a five-page site it is a reasonable choice. Kolonell Starter costs 2 900 USD with native copywriting, a project manager and 3 months of support; beyond that, project sheets and the prequalification area make the difference.

What is the time difference with the team?

Nassau is on UTC-5 in winter and UTC-4 in summer; the team, based in Senegal, is on GMT, 4 to 5 hours ahead. Google Meet calls happen in the Nassau morning and a written update arrives every week.

Can you photograph our Family Island sites?

No. Kolonell does no on-site shooting; budget one day with a local photographer, about 1 500 to 2 500 BSD as a ballpark, and we prepare the shot list.

How does payment work?

By bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff and 50 % at delivery, in USD. The domain is registered in your name and every access is handed over.

Do you handle ongoing SEO?

The site ships with a clean technical base (tags, speed, sitemap). Monthly SEO, like maintenance after the 3 or 6 months of support, is quoted on request.

Let's scope your project. Send us your services, the islands where you work and your latest prequalification files, and we will reply with a fixed-price package and a launch in 3 to 6 weeks. Request your free quote or see the international offer.