BSJ Steps Up Activities against Faulty Block Makers
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) is intensifying its activities to increase the compliance rate among block makers. Already, a number of manufacturers have brought their operations up to standard, since the agency raised concern about the high percentage of faulty hollow concrete blocks on the market. Director of the Regulatory Division at the BSJ, Orine Henry, said the four regional offices are carrying out inspections of block operations across the country. “We have been going to construction sites, hardware stores, everywhere we can find block makers, we have been targeting them,” she...
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