Several providers of modular homes are seeking approval of their building systems by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) in preparation for the post-Melissa rebuilding of western Jamaica.

Manager of Testing and Industrial Services at the BSJ, Richard Lawrence, said more providers of modular homes have contacted the BSJ for assessment of their systems since Melissa than in the past 15 years combined.

"Since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the number of systems that we have received for assessment is more than 10 times what we get on average per year. What we have gotten in terms of application for assessment since the passage of Melissa has surpassed all of the 15 years combined, just in the last probably eight months. So we're working overtime to do these assessments," Lawrence said on June 25.