Community

IMISON AND THE COMMUNITY

Tokyo Sexwale, Minister of Human Settlements:

“Instead of ‘RDP houses’, we have to build the people ‘homes’, where they can work, live and play and be happy”.

Imison’s technology provides a new standard of low cost housing – we believe that this is the type of standard that qualifies a house as a home.  Here is how using Imison contributes to a better future:

a. Community Acceptance : The previously insurmountable problem with alternative construction technologies was  always community acceptance.  Imison offers a home with the solid look and feel of brick and mortar construction, resulting in unparalleled community acceptance.  Plastered and painted walls, temperature control and aluminium window frames bring a more upmarket look, feel and experience to the low-cost sector.  On each occasion that authorities required Imison to build show houses alongside other companies using brick/mortar, the communities chose the Imison house.

b. Job creation : Imison’s technology allows the company to employ 95% of its construction labourers from the local community – of which 29% are women. This is sets a new standard in the construction industry.

c. Skills Transfer : Imison uses local SMME subcontractors  to perform an array of activities including plastering, hanging windows and doors and painting.  95 % of Imison’s on-site labourers are unschooled.

d. Health : Imison’s structures create healthier habitats. From the prevention of damp, structural integrity to thermal transfer control and safer materials, Imison’s technology offers healthier habitats.  For this reason the technology was approved for the construction of schools and clinics too. Acoustic rating (sound transfer) is the same as that of brick walls.