Team Diversity
Led by real estate developers and investors doing business in four main areas: commercial, industrial, tourism and housing.
Leading change
We lead change in the industry and advance land use policies, regulations and design practices that balance development and our environment.
Keep Safe: A Guide to Resilient Housing Design in Island Communities
To meet the immediate demand for practical design and construction guidance, Enterprise, in collaboration with the PRBA and other partners, produced a guide to help shape housing construction in Puerto Rico.
About us
The Puerto Rico Builders Association is a non-profit organization established in 1951. The PRBA is the local chapter for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). We proudly represent the leaders in housing, commercial and industrial and tourism sectors. We also represent investors and professionals related to the Puerto Rico’s real estate development and the construction industries. Our main objective is to promote and lead planned development, that is safe and sustainable, as to serve as an a principal productive economic driver motor for our island, in collaboration with the private and public sectors in Puerto Rico.
Chairman’s Message
It is time to focus on identifying the opportunities to place us in the path of innovation, boosting the economy with business opportunities centered at the possibilities that offer the strategic location of our beloved Island. This, leaving behind the bureaucracy and providing the tools to continue building Puerto Rico on top of a safe and prosperous foundation.
Alfredo Martínez-Álvarez, Jr.
Chairman
Puerto Rico Builders Association
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Events
The Puerto Rico Builders Association strives to have an active and well-informed community. We impact our industry through seminars, forums, networking events and meetings with important market leaders who have a strong sense of vision for Puerto Rico’s social and economic development. Our advocacy efforts are focused in improving our island’s ease of doing business as well as our competitiveness indexes, taking it to a top ten jurisdiction in the World Bank and World Economic Forum reports.
CDBG-DR y la Guía de Requisitos para el Programa R3 y Vouchers de Viviendas
La Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico te invita a que participes del taller CDBG-DR y la Guía de Re ...
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Primer Almuerzo del Año
Tendremos como orador invitado al Lcdo. Luis Carlos Fernández Trinchet, CFA, Secretario de la Vivienda, quie ...
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Appointment of the designated Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Housing
The construction industry receives with great enthusiasm the appointment of Luis Carlos Fernández Trinchet as the designated Secretary of the Puerto ...
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Meeting Amongst Professionals
The Chairman of the Puerto Rico Builders Association, Alfredo Martínez-Álvarez, Jr., met with the Governor’s Construction Advisory Board, along with the ...
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Celebrating the APC 2020 Inauguration Ceremony
In support to members of our industry, we attended the 2020 inauguration ceremony of the Puerto Rican Association of Concrete. In ...
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Cornell Master’s Students Visit the PRBA
With the sole purpose of understanding how the agencies responsible for Puerto Rico’s infrastructure have taken a particular approach to achieve ...
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NAHB Elects Leadership for 2020
Members of NAHB elected four senior officers to top leadership positions within the federation during the association’s International Builders’ Show in ...
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La Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico favorece la designación del nuevo Secretario de la Vivienda
La Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico (ACPR) reaccionó al nombramiento del Secretario de la Vivienda, hecho por la Gobernadora Wanda ...
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Road of Stones
The heart breaking images of children of all ages, elders and entire families sleeping outdoors after losing their homes, or surrendering ...
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Fondos son importante motor
El anuncio que el Departamento de Vivienda federal hará disponible $8,221 millones de fondos del Programa de Subvención en Bloque para ...
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La Asociación de Constructores pide al pueblo que evalúe los planes de contingencia tras el temblor
Tras los movimientos telúricos que han ocurrido en los pasados días, la Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico (ACPR) se muestra ...
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Joint effort with Atlys Global Managing Partner
Atlys Global Finance has developed a program that is helping contractors all over the island of Puerto Rico stabilize their cash ...
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A Night of Celebrations
More than 170 members and friends gathered for the 2019 Frank Ramírez de Arellano Award Gala on Wednesday, December 11 at ...
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A Successful Annual Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament
On November 15, 2019 the Puerto Rico Builders Association (PRBA) held its traditional Golf Tournament at the Flamboyán Field in Palmas ...
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Meet Our New Chairman
Alfredo Martínez-Álvarez, Jr. is the President of Martinal Group, a family owned business, Puerto Rico based, Asset and Property Management Company. ...
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“Deberíamos esperar menos por el gobierno”
Con el año nuevo, el ingeniero Emilio Colón Zavala culmina su término de dos años como presidente de la Asociación de ...
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ACPR Launches New Edition of Tiempo de Construir, La Revista
To read the online version, access http://bit.ly/TiempodeConstruir2. Get your copy of the print magazine at specific Banco Popular branches and other ...
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The First Puerto Rican Architecture and Interior Design Firm Joins The United Nations Global Compact
The first Puerto Rican design firm to join this organization as a signatory member, supporting the principles of the Global Compact ...
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An Important Visit to Washington DC to Address Puerto Rico’s Reconstruction
On October 14, the chairman and vice chairman of PRBA Board of Directors, Eng. Emilio Colón Zavala and Alfredo Martínez-Álvarez, Jr., ...
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A Total Success: 2019 PRBA Annual Convention
The two-day event featured presentations by the Governor Wanda Vázquez and internationally-acclaimed public speakers. Recognizing the need to continue developing strategies ...
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HUD Economic Opportunity Summit
HUD’s Section 3 program requires that entities receiving federal funds make their best effort to train and hire low-income residents and ...
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Relmagina anuncia nuevo directorio para la industria de la construcción
ReImagina Puerto Rico en colaboración con la Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico y la Asociación de Contratistas Generales de Puerto Rico han creado un ...
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