18 April 11
Working in a disaster zone
The latest issue of Engineers Australia features a first-hand account of working in a disaster zone by Alec Gray, the senior planning and construction manager at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Alec has been a registered member of RedR Australia since 2006, and in his piece, talks about his six-week deployment to Chile in 2010 after an earthquake of 8.8 magnitude and tsunami hit the country.
“My initial role became one of designing improvements to the emergency shelters to ensure that vulnerable families with children were provided with the necessary improvements to enable them to better cope with the wintry conditions and the rainy season.”
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