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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (544506)	1/17/2010 2:18:33 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578330

it's a totally corrupt society, pay offs, kick backs. just like the obama white house and Pelosi/reids congress

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (544506)	1/17/2010 2:25:20 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578330

"just no earthquake standards and probably little enforcement" Given the rolling disaster that Haiti represents, building codes and enforcement is pretty low on the list. So the answer is 'yes' and 'that isn't going to change anytime soon'.

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (544506)	1/17/2010 2:34:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578330

Given that Haiti is in a seismic zone, it needs to rebuild housing with wood, not the current masonry they seem to use a lot. They need to add reinforcement to their concrete and hollow masonry buildings and start using prestressed concrete for beams and floors in multi-story buildings - it's not rocket science, but it does up construction costs. Wood would be cheaper.....even if they have to import it from the US. In CA, you don't build low and mid rise housing with very much concrete. They use mostly wood instead. Wood is much more flexible in a quake. During the 94 quake, the second story of my house was nearly perpendicular to the first floor and yet there was no structural damage. Your approach would best be for hi rises.....for some reason, P-au-P is a low rise city......probably mimicking Paris. I suspect there is no housing industry of any size in Haiti.. WTF? 9 million people and they live where? Of course they have a housing industry - just no earthquake standards and probably little enforcement For a housing industry, you need some upward mobility. There is little of that in Haiti.