Alex Higbee, AIA, LEED AP
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16 Houses Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
MRKT MFAH Addition FlexSpace Marina Blue Hollywood Place Solimar Jefferson at College Park Santa Clara EWB WestEnd25

Health Center/ Public Water Utility Office,
Santa Clara, Usulutan, El Salvador
in conjunction with the Catholic University of America chapter of Engineers Without Borders

During 2007 and 2008, I was privileged to work with the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders from Catholic University of America as part of a larger project being coordinated with the DC Professional Chapter of EWB.

The larger project was the design and installation of a municipal water system for a small town of nearly 3000 people who have intermittant access to clean water.  The portion of the project I supervised was focused on the creation of a structure to house the water utility offices (spare pipe storage, bill collector office, community water board meetings) and a public health center to be staffed by several clinic workers.

Construction began on the Office/ Clinic building in March 2009 and was completed in May 2009?

[Engineers Without Borders - CUA]
[CUA school paper article about January 2008 visit]

[EWB-USA]

Locale Fetching Water
Design Sketches Plan Design Sketches Roof Concepts
Design Sketches with Class Climate Explaination sketches
Perspective Axo Presentation Plan
Water Office Model
Front Porch Side Porch
CUA Project Team:
Dr. Gunnar Lucko, Academic Advisor
Dr. John Judge, Academic Advisor
Tim Garland, Professional Advisor
Alex Higbee, Professional Advisor
Evan Heisman

Erica Gonzales
Daniel Pisani
Nicole Ildefonso
Kathryn Kazior
Theresa Murray
Trevor Mackessy-Lloyd
Brendan Gilmore