Cabaret, Ouest, Haiti

Category
Environmental Engineering
About This Project

Location: Cabaret, Ouest, Haiti

Client:  Coordinated Engineering Services

Sponsor: USAID

Prime Consultant: Urban Collaborative

Size: 5.6 hectares

Project Type: Mixed-Use, New Development

Key Services
  • Stormwater management
  • Centralized potable water distribution system
  • Supplemental rainwater harvesting
  • Household Sanitation System Design
  • Structural designs of housing and public buildings
  • Energy infrastructure

 

Project Description

GRANT engineers served as the prime sub-consultant for this project in Haiti, coordinating all engineering services and producing civil and structural engineering designs.
The new community in Cabaret municipality consists of 148 new homes, commercial spaces, public parks and necessary infrastructure and utilities. All elements needed to be designed with consideration to long-term sustainability, accessibility and environmental protection. Some of them included stormwater management, centralized potable water distribution system and supplemental rainwater harvesting.