On the invitation of the College of Engineers of the Dominican Republic, President and CEO, Ashraf Habibullah and Executive Vice President, Syed Hasanain, conducted a one-day Seminar on October 30, 2004 in Santo Domingo, DR. The program focused on the Advanced Bridge Engineering Capabilities of SAP2000.

The venue of the Seminar was the Enriquillo Sánchez Theatre in the Dominican Republic Convention Center, a beautiful facility located on the shoreline overlooking the Caribbean Sea. The theater was packed with an electrified audience of over 1,000 Engineers. Amidst fun and entertainment, they were introduced to the complex, yet easy to use, new technology of SAP2000. The topics included the Object Based Bridge Model Generator, Including Internal Meshing and Automatic Line Constraints, Stage Construction Simulation, Modeling of Creep and Shrinkage Effects, Explicit Modeling of Post Tensioning Cables and Moving Load Analysis with Influence Lines and Influence Surfaces. It was an exciting and dynamic event.

CSI enjoys a significant presence (over 95 percent market share) in the Dominican Republic. The Ministry of Public works recognizes CSI products as the Standard. Nearly all projects in the Republic are designed with CSI Software.

The Seminar was organized by CSI’s Latin American Coordinators, Morrison Ingenieros, www.morrisoningenieros.com. The chief sponsors of the program were Block Khoury & Dalsan, users of CSI products for the Earthquake Engineering of high-rise residential structures using their patented concrete block system.

“We are thankful to Morrison Engineers, our Latin American Coordinators, for their relentless commitment to our business relationship. Today our products are the software of choice among Professionals and Researchers alike, all across Latin America,” commented CSI President Habibullah.

CSI provides free software for research and education to all major engineering universities in the Dominican Republic. Some of them include: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) ~ The very first University created in the Americas after the founding of the American Continent ~ The University was established in 1538 ~ (www.uasd.edu.do), Intec (www.intec.edu.do), Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (www.pucmmsti.edu.do), Universidad Iberoamericana (www.unibe.edu.do) , Universidad Central del Este (www.uce.edu.do) & Universidad Catolica Nordestana

As part of the opening ceremonies, Mr. Pedro Pichardo, President of the Colegio de Ingenieros, Arquitectos y Agrimensores (CODIA) of the Dominican Republic presented Mr. Habibullah with a decree officially recognizing CSI for their “World-Wide Contributions to the Advancement of the Art and Science of Structural Engineering.”