Claudia Germoso / El DíaAlthough the Dominican Republic maintains technical regulations for seismic-resistant design and construction, it is technically inaccurate to claim that the country’s entire real estate building stock is prepared to withstand a high-intensity earthquake, warned architect Edgar Martínez, in an interview with Adalberto de la Rosa for Diario Libre.Martínez, president of the firm EM Group Engineering Mod Architecture and former general secretary of the Dominican Association of Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors (CODIA), explained that structural safety depends heavily on the era of construction, the regulations in effect at that time, and, most critically, whether established technical parameters were actually fulfilled during building execution.According to the specialist in construction supervision and control, the national...