This civil engineer is building houses to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes

Grist
By Ana Sofia KnaufJul 3, 2015, 5:00 am39 pts
Concrete might as well be part of Elizabeth Hausler Strand’s blood. Alongside her father, a masonry company owner, she spent her high school and college summer breaks in Chicago learning how to build houses. Then, in 2004, she founded Build Change, a nonprofit that retrofits and builds permanent housing in…

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