Written on January 21, 2010 at 1:01 pm by

Engineer Team Deploys to Haiti

Filed under DoD News, Operation Unified Response-Haiti {3 comments}

In support of the national response efforts led by the U.S. State Department, USAID, and U.S. Southern Command, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has deployed an initial team of four engineers in response to the earthquake in Haiti. The team is comprised of subject matter experts in civil, structural, electrical, and hydrological engineering.

Two additional eight-person Forward Engineer Support Teams from USACE’s South Atlantic Division and two platoons, approximately 40 Soldiers, of the 249th Engineer Battalion are on alert and prepared to deploy. The 249th Engineer Battalion, known as the “Army’s Power Company”, supplies commercial grade power-related technical services to installations and disaster-relief operations.

USACE’s South Atlantic Division has identified and is preparing additional structural Engineers for deployments if called upon.

(Taken from a USACE press release.)

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  • http://www.safedomes.com David Pressler

    It would be great if the engineers are familiar with monolithic concrete construction.
    10 – 20 foot in diameter domes can be built in a matter of days no machinery required and are virtually indestructible, DO NOT SEND MOBILE HOMES TO HAITI!

  • John M Robertson PE

    The Guam Post of the Society of American Military Engineers would like to contribute to an engineering activity that is dedicated to the planning or implementation of rebuilding of homes or infrastructure in Haiti. Can you who we might contact. I am Treasurer of SAME Guam Post.

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