Haiti / Plan International
Section C 11.0
No. of facilities:
Total 152 classrooms
Construction time:
8 workmen,10 days to built the timber frame, 5 days for concrete base. Total of 15 days per double classroom
Main construction materials:
Reinforced concrete, timber structure, coated exterior grade plywood cladding, corrugated asphalt roofing, steel gutters and downspouts, rain collection barrels
Material sources:
Immediately after the earthquake for first 80 classrooms construction materials imported from U.S: timber, roofing sheets, steel straps, plywood, insulation, gutters Subsequent construction: Wood, plywood, concrete, and other materials were sourced locally
Approx. project cost per unit:
External view of timber double classroom for Fleur de Chou school
Photo: Jack Ryan
HAITI
2010 / Earthquake / Plan International Agency:
Plan International
Location:
Croix-des-Bouquets, Jacmel,
No. of users:
7,600 students and 152 teachers, approximately 50 students per classroom. Some schools used double shifting, likely student numbers higher
Anticipated lifespan:
20-30 years with proper maintenance
Actual lifespan:
Not known yet
Facilities provided:
Semi-permanent classrooms in twin module, WASH facilities including gender separated latrines, a hand-washing station, drinking water point, external play space, perimeter fence (existing as part of school grounds)
158
20,000-30,000 USD (price variation between construction company or trained construction crew)
Approx. material cost 10,000-15,000 USD per unit: Size of units:
Classroom: 7.2mx7.2m, 52sqm
Size of construction team:
8-10 crew members: 1 foreman with carpentry experience and trained in the classroom module construction; 3 carpenters with moderate experience; 4-6 labourers with minimal carpentry skills
Construction skill required:
Basic carpentry skills required (structure designed by repetitive construction procedures)
Who built the facilities:
Timber structure: local men (18-25 years old) trained by architect
Site information:
Classrooms, WASH facilities built on 20 different sites. Site conditions vary from dense wooded areas, mountain top villages, existing schoolyards of damaged buildings to dense urban sites. Typically 2 to 5 classroom modules per site.
Cascading training principle: Original crew trained subsequent builders. Concrete works by local contractor
UNICEF Compendium of Transitional Learning Spaces