On our first phone call, I could hear how enthusiastic we all were despite being hard at work on our own projects. There were 10 people from U.S. and Canada and most had never met each other before our trip to El Salvador to share the skills and knowledge we use every day to help [...]

For the El Bosque team the project started out like any other. There were conference calls, construction planning, tool and material inventory, and even project-altering problems that needed quick resolutions. We found out that a power line was hovering in the vicinity of our bridge towers just prior to our trip out there. No big [...]

For Natalia Torres, who traveled with nine other Flatiron employees in February to El Salvador where the group completed construction of a 50-meter-span suspension foot bridge, fluency in Spanish proved to be a big advantage. “I was able to have very unique conversations with the locals,” said Natalia, field engineer. “The most memorable moment I [...]

Despite our continued efforts, the bus was not going to reach the summit of the Ethiopian mountains. It had overheated and we limped along for several miles, repeatedly stopping to wait for the engine to cool and adding more water. Now all 16 of us were forced to admit defeat. Having already traveled for three [...]