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02-15-2010, 04:10 PM
The president of the Dominican Society of Seismology, engineer Leonardo Reyes Madera says that 6,000 public schools in the DR have structural problems and if an earthquake of similar intensity to the one that affected Haiti on 12 January were to hit this side of the island, many schools would collapse, as occurred in Haiti.
Speaking during a conference on Prevention and Mitigation Measures in the case of Earthquakes, Reyes Madera added that Dominican universities have not updated their study programs to instruct students on how to build for earthquakes. "There is a serious problem between what is a structural calculation and a structural design in areas of earthquake vulnerability that our universities are not teaching the engineering students," he said, as reported in Hoy. He said for instance, the case of building elevators on the sides of buildings. That kind of building will collapse anywhere around the world," he said.
Victor Payano, president of the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects said that 15% of projects that were in the pipeline have been put on hold by investors who have been affected by potential buyers shying away from purchases after hearing reports on construction concerns in the DR, following the Haiti earthquake.
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Speaking during a conference on Prevention and Mitigation Measures in the case of Earthquakes, Reyes Madera added that Dominican universities have not updated their study programs to instruct students on how to build for earthquakes. "There is a serious problem between what is a structural calculation and a structural design in areas of earthquake vulnerability that our universities are not teaching the engineering students," he said, as reported in Hoy. He said for instance, the case of building elevators on the sides of buildings. That kind of building will collapse anywhere around the world," he said.
Victor Payano, president of the Dominican College of Engineers and Architects said that 15% of projects that were in the pipeline have been put on hold by investors who have been affected by potential buyers shying away from purchases after hearing reports on construction concerns in the DR, following the Haiti earthquake.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)