Science: Earthquake engineer afraid Haitians will fall back on whatever design is easiest, fastest

Release Date: February 5, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article in Science magazine about rebuilding Haiti interviews Pierre Fouche, a Haitian citizen studying earthquake engineering at UB, about the types of construction used in the Caribbean island nation and the lack of building standards.

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