Tag: Haiti

Haiti versus Chile Earthquake

Posted by admin In Building Codes, Building Construction, Earthquakes, Structural Elements

Why Haiti’s Earthquake was not only a natural disaster but a tragedy.

Haiti Earthquake: January 12, 2010

Posted by admin In Earthquakes, Structural Elements

I’ve had a lot of non-engineer co-workers in the construction field as well as laypeople ask me about the Haiti earthquake and whether we could learn a lot about construction from studying the collapses and structural failures there. First, a quick overview of the geophysical aspects of the earthquake: here’s an informative link USGS Haiti […]