Business View Caribbean | November 2020

20 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN NOVEMBER 2020 Incorporated ILDERS IATION ICA (IMAJ) T he Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) is a strong and effective voice for the construction industry in Jamaica. IMAJ was incorporated in 1952 by Mr. T.A.D. Smith, who felt that the country’s builders and construction contractors deserved a unified association to address their mutual concerns, negotiate the salaries of union workers industry-wide, and provide builders with education, professional recognition, and advocacy. In the beginning, the mission was to promote good workmanship, integrity, and honorable practice in the trade or business of building and/or civil engineering contracting; to settle disputed points of practice; and to support the interests of those who are involved. Those tenets continue today. The Association employs a good amount of advocacy to promote its aims and objectives, and also conducts seminars and training for tradesmen, supervisors, engineers, managers, etc. From time to time, government asks for representatives to sit on various committees, so IMAJ makes certain members available to serve in that capacity. The creation of the Association has brought professionalism AT A GLANCE THE INCORPORATED MASTERBUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICA (IMAJ) WHAT: Professional organization supporting the construction, engineering, and architectural industry WHERE: Kingston, Jamaica WEBSITE: imaj.org.jm Building a better Jamaica, brick by brick