Men work the night shift at the construction site of the Genesis building in Delmas 30. The modern 10-story building is being developed by Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro and his brothers in a quake-battered suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Perched overhead is an 80 feet construction crane. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Haitian workers labor into the late evening at the construction site of the Genesis building being developed by Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro and his brothers in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 10-story all glass building will feature 100,000 square feet of commercial rental space. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Men secure a load to be moved by an overhead crane at the construction site of the Genesis building being developed by Arcotec Haiti, a construction firm run by three brothers. The 10-story all glass building is in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

A load of wood is lowered by a crane late in the afternoon at the construction site of the Genesis building in the quake-battered Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 10-story seisimic and hurricane-resistant building is Haitian envisioned and constructued, with a minimal of foreign input. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Haiti-born, U.S.-educated architectural engineer Patrick Figaro poses in front of a rendering of the Genesis building being built by him and his two brothers in the quake-battered Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Haitian workers carry rebar at the construction site of the Genesis building being developed by Arcotec Haiti, a firm run by Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro and his brothers. The 10-story modern buidling is located in the quake-battered Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Carpenter Prevy Docteur, right, who spent years building high-end resorts in the Turks and Caicos, supervises his crew at the construction site of the Genesis building. Docteur is among 240 Haitian laborers, and several from the Turks and Caicos who have returned home to help build a future Haiti. The 10-story building is rising in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro, left, confers with staff on the construction site of the Genesis building being built by Figaro and his brothers in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro, center, checks in with the all-Haitian laborers on the construction site of the Genesis building being built by him and his brothers in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

The shadows of men smoothing just-poured concrete are cast at the construction site of the Genesis building developed by Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince. To ensure quality, FIgaro and his brothers built their own concrete plant. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

A worker labors into the late evening hours at the construction site of the Genesis building developed by Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro and his brothers in the Delmas suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The site formerly was home to Citibank and will soon host a 10-story, all glass commercial high rise. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald

Men hang out on the lot of a former post-earthquake tent camp known as Mosaic, across the road from the construction site of the Genesis building developed by Haitian businessman Patrick Figaro in Delmas, a quake-battered suburb of Haiti, Saturday, May 26, 2012. Figaro's family owns both land plots and negotiated with those living at Mosaic and a smaller camp on the Genesis land in order to clear the property for the complex. Allison Shelley / For The Miami Herald