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1. Engineering Award Highlights Success of Home Repairs
Program in Haiti
Mon Apr 7, 2014 12:41pm EDT
* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release.
Engineering Award Highlights Success of Home Repairs Program in Haiti
A post-Haiti earthquake home repairs program implemented by the Government of Haiti in
partnership with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) will be recognized among other
"Global Best Projects" by Engineering News-Record (ENR), an engineering publication.
The winning entry, which took top honors in the Renovation/Repair category, names Haiti's Ministry
of Public Works, Transportation and Telecommunications (MTPTC), PADF, and seismic engineering
firm Miyamoto International. A panel of judges evaluated each project based on the following
criteria: safety, innovation, contribution to improve local or international building standards,
construction quality and craftsmanship, and how well teams worked together to overcome
challenges. ENR will present this award on May 13 in New York at its Global Construction Summit.
"This recognition serves to highlight not only the quality of work that PADF and its implementing
partners did to Home Management Directory repair more than 10,000 homes in Port-au-Prince and
other areas since Property Management 2010, but more importantly to showcase the improvements
that have been implemented to ensure that Haitians are building better and stronger," said Dr.
Judith Hermanson, PADF Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer and an urban
development expert.
The 10,000 homes repair program followed a major structural assessment of more than 413,000
buildings in Port-au-Prince and other areas--nearly every building impacted by the earthquake, an
initiative led by the Haiti's Ministry of Public Works and PADF with technical engineering support
from Miyamoto.
The program helped train Haitian engineers, local contractors, and more than 900 masons in
improved building practices. It also led to the creation of new national building guidelines for Haiti.
Funders included the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster
Assistance (USAID/OFDA), American Red Cross, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, the Caterpillar

2. Foundation, as well as other private donors who supported this effort.
"Repairing homes is an important part of rebuilding Haiti. But it must be done using an integrated
approach, as PADF is doing today, to ensure that other vital infrastructure such as roads, sewage
systems, and community spaces are revitalized, turning neighborhoods into great places to live,"
added Hermanson.
About PADF
PADF is the non-profit foundation of the Organization of American States, established in 1962 to
implement integral socio-economic development programs for disadvantaged people, to strengthen
civil society and community groups in support of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and to aid
victims of natural disasters and humanitarian crises. In 2013, it helped more than 10.2 million
people in 22 countries. Headquartered in Washington DC, PADF has field offices in Haiti, Colombia,
Suriname, Honduras, and Belize, and projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.padf.org
Pan American Development Foundation (PADF)
Hearly G. Mayr, +1-202-280-3846
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
hmayr@padf.org