AJIA began in 1994, when Norm Morrison and his bride returned from Japan to their hometown in North Vancouver, BC to raise a family. In Japan, Norm had built a successful home building business, and upon his return, his very satisfied Japanese clients insisted that he continue to build for them. Rising to the challenge, Norm devised a way to pre-fabricate the home package panels with locally sourced, Canadian lumber, and ship it overseas. And with that, AJIA – which means Asia in Japanese- was born.