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Rival Canadian engineering firms unite to help rebuild Haiti school

Source(s): Daily Commercial News, Reed Business Information, Reed Elsevier Inc.
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Normally competitors, four Canadian engineering firms have instead joined forces to help rebuild Haitian schools that were destroyed or badly damaged in the devastating January 2010 earthquake, ensuring that the technical aspects of the construction are met so that the new schools are hurricane and earthquake resistant, and also helping build the local engineering capacity by training local engineers.

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon Earthquake
Themes Capacity development Education and school safety Private sector Structural safety Critical infrastructure Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Canada Haiti

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