PREPARATIONS continue for the International Building Expo 2025, which is set to take place from August 14 to 17 at the Guyana National Stadium.
On Friday, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, conducted a site visit at the venue during which she told members of the media that works are ongoing to ensure that the location is prepared ahead of next Thursday’s opening.

She said that they are catering for approximately 380 booths for exhibitors, with 365 already occupied, and the remaining spots can be claimed by exhibitors who wish to join soon.
“International Building Expo, we have had overwhelming support this year, just like in the other years, because I believe that this expo has built a reputation. It’s a credible expo, and tens of thousands of people pass through this expo in four days,” she said.
During the Expo, she noted that they will have the Dream Realised programme as usual; however, this year they will focus mainly on title distribution, with the preparation of some 2,000 titles for distribution for the four-day period.
“I know in the past we focused a lot on the allocation, but we’ve been allocating all the time at the ministry or in the different regions because we had our target to meet of 50,000 and we have surpassed that,” she added.
To this end, she disclosed that the ministry continues to make house lots available for persons who are still waiting and eligible, so they do not have to wait until the expo to receive their house lots.

Rodrigues said, “This expo, we wanted to focus primarily on the title distribution, because the process is not completed until allottees receive their title, and that is something that we have been pressing on especially in the last year.”
The minister went on to note that they want those 50,000 families who have been allocated lots to have the title in their hands.
Rodrigues said that this is something that takes a little longer, as the agreement of sale has to be signed and sent to the registry for processing and as such, the registry is currently working overtime to ensure all of those titles are prepared for distribution during the upcoming expo.
This year’s expo, themed “The Road to Success: Guyana 2030 and Beyond,” will feature model homes which attendees will be able to tour, along with companies in the home construction, prefab and modular built sector.
Against this backdrop, persons in receipt of their house lots can engage those contractors to build some of the models that may be on display, as she stated that this is what the expo is about, providing options and helping people to network with the relevant stakeholders.
Further, the expo will also feature exhibitors from India, Barbados, the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago, among others.
Rodrigues noted that the opening ceremony slated for Thursday, August 14, is free for all patrons up until 21:00 hrs after which the entry fee will apply.