http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs Seeking to transform the thinking of the industry. Aiming to educate, inform, and inspire. Striving to develop advanced methods and solutions that can cope with the challenges faced now and in the future. Beyond Engineering en info@mazzetti.com Copyright 2010 2010-04-15T20:54:51+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/386/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/386/#When:20:54:51Z This will be my last Haiti blog - for now. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-15T20:54:51+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/381/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/381/#When:01:44:40Z So, our final hospital tour (this time) was at Adventist Hospital Haiti. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-14T01:44:40+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/380/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/380/#When:23:38:42Z Fans who read yesterday’s post know that I elected to stay in Haiti another day. I picked the day that Venezuela shut down the energy flows to the country, and the President has asked people to stop driving. We have left our hotel and are staying at the Project HOPE compound with the Director of Project HOPE for the country of Haiti. He says he is not sure there will be airline fuel for us to get out tomorrow, so this trip may be a bit longer than I had thought. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-13T23:38:42+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/378/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/378/#When:03:20:21Z Another plan change. Today, thanks to my friends at Health Care Without Harm, I was able to get in touch with people at UNICEF. We were interested in talking with the people who are making decisions about the development of new healthcare facilities within Haiti. After touring four Haitian Hospitals, we have a very good sense of the kinds of things that make these buildings successful to operate, and we wanted to see if we could extend our help beyond the Project HOPE assessments we did. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-13T03:20:21+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/376/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/376/#When:17:02:17Z Anna Clark, author of the new book Green, American Style, has some interesting ideas about why sustainability is not more mainstream. Her advice for getting beyond “the choir” and crossing the green ideological divide includes emphasizing energy efficiency. Which makes sense, given that most companies and businesspeople, regardless of their political views, value saving money. Read Anna Clark’s perspective on the green economy and consumerism, and her advice for moving forward here. Life @ M+NLB 2010-04-12T17:02:17+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/377/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/377/#When:06:45:29Z Well, I have hit and missed so many times, I am going to give up on the attempt to make this a chronological travelogue. I will tell you, however, that we had quite the adventures with lodging here. We came to Port-au-Prince (PAP) yesterday, after having been assured that we had reservations here at a hotel called La Plaza. My partner John Pappas had been talking to some structural engineers who were here last week who said this was the only hotel you should stay in in PAP, so we were looking forward to it. Unfortunately, reservations mean something different to the people in this hotel than they mean to other people. We had four energetic people working with the two front desk people, so I sat down and watched. Eventually, my fellow Project HOPErs wrangled us two rooms, and were delighted at the thought of John and I sleeping in the same bed. We said we were going to get a picture of us so engaged, but we never did – something I am sure our fans will be disappointed to hear. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-12T06:45:29+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/375/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/375/#When:16:59:10Z We have returned to Port-au-Prince. We are surveying various facilities here, including the Hôpital Notre Dame de Lourdes. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-11T16:59:10+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/374/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/374/#When:00:44:15Z Every time I leave a place, I mourn it; missing desperately the people and the need I have left behind. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-11T00:44:15+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/371/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/371/#When:00:38:10Z This post contains what we’ve seen so far during the time we’ve been privileged to spend here in Haiti. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-10T00:38:10+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/373/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/373/#When:00:32:22Z It’s Day 4 in Haiti, and I guess we have had it pretty good as far as weather goes—only in the upper 80s and not unbearably humid, just sticky all the time. Life @ M+NLB, Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance 2010-04-10T00:32:22+00:00