Are you looking for Construction Jobs in Haiti?

The devastation is incredible. The need for workers of all types will be needed soon. Once the initial assessment of the damage and safety of workers can be somewhat assured, the work will begin to rebuild. First there will be clearing and excavation needed. If you are experienced or seeking entry level work you and can travel your skills will be needed.

Are you ready to work overseas? Can you leave on short notice? Are you qualified. These are just a few of the questions you will be asked.

Please check back here frequently as we will be posting more information on a regular basis to help you secure a good paying job.

Mike

Publisher

Is construction work finally on the way in Haiti?

Where are the Construction Jobs in Haiti?? 

Pompano Beach-based AshBritt Inc. so far has invested $25 million in its Haitian reconstruction operation covering a soccer field. Though they don't know yet how big the contracts will be, they're banking from experience on the tantalizing prospect of work for years to come. AshBritt was awarded nearly $900 million from the U.S. government for debris removal after Katrina, collecting and processing some 21 million cubic yards of wreckage.

What has been the holdup in getting the rebuilding going in Haiti at the level everyone expected and the residents require? Very little of the promised foreign aid has been released, caught up either in legislative approval, bureaucratic regulations or in the complications of life in Haiti.

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The U.S. Congress, for example, is still considering a bill that would provide up to $2 billion to Haiti. The Caribbean country, meanwhile, faces a dizzying – and time-consuming – array of logistical and legal issues, including securing permission to tear down buildings whose owners perished in the quake. Any land cleared for construction risks being taken over immediately by squatters.

But Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, who will oversee the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, said financing and construction contracts would start to be issued within months.  

“No one is doing anything yet.  All the companies are waiting for the projects to be approved,” said Manuel Estrella, president of Grupo Estrella,

Meanwhile, the Haitian government there has launched a first-of-its-kind design competition to help replace the country’s decimated housing stock.

On June 17, the Republic of Haiti unveiled “Building Back Better Communities,” which invites architects and non-architects alike from around the globe to create homes for a 12-acre former sugar plantation on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Because the site was not affected by the quake and is city owned, it is an ideal place for government officials to study different housing types before commissioning them for destroyed neighborhoods, according to competition organizers.

The competition, which will have multiple winners, is divided into two parts to attract the greatest variety of ideas, officials say.

For more information about the competition, visit the Web site.

We'll keep you posted.

Mike

No Sand in Haiti!

According to the Associated Press, Haiti's government is banning the use of quarry sand from structural construction in an attempt to improve building safety.

Poor construction is blamed for the collapse of many buildings in the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people. read the entire story

Clinton picks Scot to rebuild Haiti

FORMER US president Bill Clinton has turned to a Scottish architect to help re-build Haiti after the country's devastating earthquake.

John McAslan, who was raised in Dunoon and runs one of London's most successful architectural firms, has been personally asked by Clinton to help the shattered country.

McAslan, 55, returned from Haiti last week after a fact finding mission to see the extent of the damage.

In his first interview on the project, he told how honoured he was to be appointed by Clinton to rebuild homes, hospitals and schools in the country.

But he claimed the task was almost "unimaginable" in scale and will require the backing of governments and the United Nations for years to come. Read the entire story

"Almost all the infrastructure is gone there..." Bill Clinton