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Cuba Builds 79,000 Homes in 2006
At the close of September, the
National Institute of Housing
reported 79,751 homes finished
out of a plan of 100 thousand
this year.
To support this effort, Cuba
will set in motion this quarter
investments of millions of
dollars to complete resources
for projects.
This program is a priority of
the country, said Construction
minister (MICONS), Fidel
Figueroa. He added that MICONS
is working to set up a
sustainable construction
materials industry in each
province.
In addition to building houses,
the program includes 250
thousand rehabilitation and
conservation actions supporting
about one thousand social
projects with the production of
materials, hand labor and
technical means.
With a new plant in Havana that
produces 2.2 million square
meters of flooring yearly,
MICONS will produce seven
million square meters of
flooring a year.
Contributing to the plan are 10
more tile factories, two plants
that increased their productive
capacities and the incorporation
of tile industry.
There is also a technological
line to produce 52 thousand high
quality sanitation fixtures.
Cuba expects to apply a
technique developed by its
engineers to manufacture ceramic
bricks that are cheaper and with
a resistance similar to
concrete, Figueroa explained.
MICONS also expects to obtain
roofing and intermediate floor
components from expandable
polyethylene and maintain the
volumes of prefabricated
coverings as well as produce six
million square meters of
asbestos cement roofing.
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