Hati Earthquake Disaster

Hati Earthquake Disaster
It is my intent to research what type of concrete building system would be most appropriate to construct a three story multi-unit hotel building that could withstand a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti in order to bring income through tourism to benefit Haiti’s economy.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Waffle-Crete

I just found a system that that has been used in the past for disaster reconstruction. It's a company called Waffle-Crete. They set up a local manufacturer to build pre-cast concrete slabs that can easily be transported to nearby sites. This system was used after an earthquake hit Greece top help rebuild it's infrastructure. I'm going to look into this Kansas based company to see how well it would pertain to my research topic.

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