Building Expo’s global reputation attracts early bookings from foreign companies eager to showcase in Guyana

Guyana’s largest exposition – International Building Expo – is expected to kick off on August 14 to 17 at the Guyana National Stadium tarmac, under the theme “The Road to Success: Guyana 2030 and Beyond”.
According to Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, the expo continues to cement its global reputation, with foreign companies already making early bookings to showcase in its 2025 edition.
Speaking during the televised programme ‘Guyana Dialogue’, the minister highlighted that last year’s expo saw participation from over 20 international firms, including entrants from Africa and the Middle East, and this year’s event is shaping up to be even larger in scale and scope.
“The Expo has earned a reputation, an international reputation. So, companies start contacting us from the beginning of the year about how they can participate in the Expo and how they can enter the local market… So, all of our designs and all of our exhibitors will be coordinated around the development and the transformation that have taken place in Guyana within the last five years from all of the sectors. So, we’re not just focusing on housing; we’re focusing on health, on education, on the security sector, and on infrastructure generally, because all of these sectors have seen remarkable achievements in the last five years: the building of new schools, the new hospitals, and all of the new highways and bridges that are under construction,” the minister said.
This year’s International Building Expo is expected to focus on sustainable community models and cutting-edge technology on display at the more than 370 booths, of which some 268 of those are already reserved, with 122 booths fully paid for.
The highly anticipated event is focused on building the architecture for an inclusive, resilient, innovative and sustainable future – one that outlines the vision for Guyana’s pathway to 2030 and beyond.
To this end, the Government outlined its commitment to realising smart and sustainable communities that are designed with integrated digital infrastructure, renewable energy systems, and climate-resilient buildings.
With over 100,000 visitors, Minister Rodrigues explained that the expo is also expected to boost the financial sector.
“All of the local companies, especially the banks, usually give us feedback on the hundreds of mortgages that they would have approved over the four days at the Expo. It’s usually a wonderful experience for the banks because a lot of people feel more comfortable approaching one of these banking institutions in an informal setting like at the Building Expo, as opposed to walking into their commercial offices. So, they usually increase their customer base by hundreds, each bank, over the four days of the International Building Expo. So, one of the sectors that it impacts tremendously is the banks,” she explained.
This year’s Building Expo will feature a 3D replica of Guyana’s first modern, sustainable and resilient city – Silica City – on display.
Conceived in 2009 by then Housing Minister Irfaan Ali, now President, and located on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, Silica City forms part of the Government’s climate change mitigation initiatives under the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
Additionally, there will also be a Dream Realised exercise, where house lots will be allocated and land titles distributed.