EARTHQUAKE TURNS HAITI INTO THE AMERICAS’ LARGEST CONSTRUCTION SITE
March 1st, 2010
BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE
WHEN an earthquake of a magnitude of seven on the Richter scale struck Haiti in January, it transformed the poorest county in the Western Hemisphere to its largest construction site.
As the country's leaders unveiled a US$14 billion reconstruction plan for the battered country, international excavation and construction companies, including some from Great Britain have lined up for contracts to rebuild the hundreds of commercial and residential properties that were destroyed.
With about a million people homeless and international aid ...
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