By the time they leave on Jan. 28, the 10 U.S. structural engineers sent to Haiti to assess the condition of buildings slightly damaged in the magnitude-7 earthquake will have done about 100 surveys. However, some 100,000 buildings still will need to be inspected so that the sound structures can be reoccupied, say local sources.
The engineers surveyed hospitals, schools, warehouses, homes, government and United Nations buildings. Subsequently, St. Laundry Hospital in Petionville and Hospital Dash in Delmas were cleared to reopen.