Haiti Construction update

According to  Mary Beth Sheridan in her article entitled, "U.S.-Sponsored Conference Pledged  Billions to Rebuild Haiti, But Little Paid Out published in the Washington  Post on July 19th, 

"There have been no major outbreaks of disease. But about  180 million square feet of rubble is still piled in heaps around  the capital, while only 5,000 of the 125,000 temporary shelters  promised by the international community have been built."  The reconstruction has  been hobbled by a lack of coordination and cash and by an all-but  incapacitated Haitian government. Although the U.S. government  has spent hundreds of millions on short-term emergency aid, it  has not disbursed the roughly $900 million it pledged for  reconstruction this year, and the rest of the funds are tied to  a supplemental budget bill that has been held up in Congress by  an unrelated dispute over state aid."  Read the full story: http://bit.ly/azcCd4

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John Elliott writing for AJC.com describes life in Haiti as a living hell:
 
"Every day, nearly a million men, women and children are suffering under makeshift tents in the baking tropical heat, while the summer storms blow in and empty stomachs ache. If you want to understand what life is like for these proud people, simply imagine that you put up a small camping tent on the pavement next to I-85, during rush hour. Then puncture a dozen holes in the roof, wait for the rainstorms or the hottest day, endure the cries of children who have no school or recreation, discover the latrines are so close that the stench overwhelms, wonder about the bodies of relatives still buried under rubble a few feet away, and live on just one pound of dried beans and rice per person per day. Oh, and forget about clean water to drink, decent bathing, privacy or employment. This is daily life."
It is reported that millions of tons of supplies are still stuck in warehouses, and  building materials to construct schools, hospitals, residences and towns has not yet been imported!
Construction job openings: Barton Malow 
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Location(s) of current job openings: Milwaukee, MI Monroe, MI Phoenix, AZ Columbus, OH Oak Park, MI Detroit, MI Atlanta, GA Chantilly, VA Charlottesville, VA Linthicum, MD

Concrete Estimator Job Code:C62210I Southfield, MI  

Cost Analyst Job Code: CA052410I Location:Industrial Group  

Manufacturing Process Engineer Job Code: MEP62210I Location: Southfield, MI
 
Office Manager Job Code:BW080410C2 Location:Chicago, IL  

Project Engineer Job Code:BW080410C1 Location:Chicago, IL  

Safety Coordinator Job Code:1234 Location:Key West, Florida    

Trade Positions Job Code:Trades Location:Various