A Trinidad and Tobago based housing company is keen to participate in Grenada’s rebuilding process. Officials from Therml Impac Affordable Homes Company Limited (TIAHCO) met with Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell this morning to outline the services provided by the company. Company Directors Azad Mustapha and Roshan Baboolal met with Minister of Social Development Yolande Bain Joseph and Chairman of the Housing Authority of Grenada and the Emergency Housing Committee Simeon Collins on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mitchell said it is important that the financial package offered by the Company “cannot be beyond the reach of our people,” noting that “we need action quickly” in the provision of houses, particularly low income houses. The Prime Minister also advised that the issue of land must factor into the construction costs, and that any proposals should include apartment blocks, given the fact that available lands for housing are limited. The technology utilised by TIAHCO involves a lightweight high tensile steel wire cage with a core of expanded polystyrene. A coat of cement concrete is applied to both sides, forming a final product that is structurally strong, yet lighter than conventional brick or hollow clay block wall of equivalent size. The houses, which can be designed to accommodate all income levels, as well as apartment blocks, are built to resist hurricane force winds of up to 160 miles per hour. Source: Office of the Prime Minister