Doug Oakley reported in the the Contra Costa Times the results of a report by Eduardo Fierro, president of BFP Engineers, that Haiti's construction industry is to blame for hundreds of thousands of deaths in a tragedy that will repeat itself unless their building practices change, a Berkeley, Calif., engineer said Tuesday.
In one of the first technical reports on this month's earthquake, Fierro presented his preliminary findings at the University of California at Berkeley following a week of reconnaissance in Haiti that started just two days after the 7.0-magnitude quake struck Jan. 12, killing an estimated 200,000. Read more
Editor's note: U.S. know-how and skill is desperately needed in rebuilding the country!!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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ReplyDeleteI would like to contribute my 20 years research in concrete thin plate system in housing and building technology which was applied in Patent here in Sydney Australia, June 2009. The concrete thin plate system is designed for disaster prone areas like bush fire, earthquake, cyclone and tsunami prone areas. It was developed recently with a form work that is permanent to make it quick, stronger shelle plate system. It is due to be marketed here in Australia in few months. I believe this make the relief effort faster and quicker to build.
I wish I can present this to the UN too.
Edgar Agda,BE(Civil/Structural),MEngSts(Geotechnical)MEngSc(Structural/Foundation)
iENGINEER pty ltd
Sydney Australia
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