18 April 2016 - Business View Caribbean
The Construction Association of
Puerto Rico
Serving the island’s construction industry
The Construction Association of Puerto Rico was
founded 54 years ago as an extension of the National
Homebuilders Association (NHA) in the United States.
“It was, basically, a local chapter aligned with the
same vision that the National Homebuilders Associa-
tion had at the time,” says Ricardo Alvarez Diaz, the
current President of the Associations’ Board of Direc-
tors. “Throughout the years, it evolved quite a bit, and
even though we kept the relationship with the NHA,
the reality is that, in Puerto Rico, it became an asso-
ciation that focused on developers, investors, and de-
cision makers in the construction industry. A lot of our
members not only developed residential properties,
they also developed commercial, tourism, hotel and all
