BUILT TO STAND: Earthquake Awareness, Modern Construction Materials, and the Future of Safer Homes: A Practical Guide for Families, Builders, Buyers, and Communities (Arts and Trade Series) - Softcover

RAMIREZ, RD

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798184817644

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Built to Stand is a practical earthquake-awareness and safer-construction guide for Filipino families, property buyers, builders, schools, barangays, and community leaders.

Written by civil engineer, real estate broker, and author Rommel Destreza Ramirez, this book explains earthquakes in plain language and connects them to the real decisions people make every day: where to buy land, how to judge a house, what questions to ask a builder, why soil matters, how modern construction materials should be used, and why “earthquake-proof” claims must be treated with caution.

The book moves from the science of ground shaking to the Philippine earthquake setting, lessons from Japan, seismic design basics, safer structural systems, modern materials, nonstructural hazards, retrofitting, family preparedness, school safety, barangay readiness, and public accountability.

Built to Stand is not a technical design manual and does not replace professional engineering work. Instead, it gives ordinary readers the language, confidence, and practical judgment to ask better questions, recognize unsafe shortcuts, and prepare before danger arrives.

This is a book about safer homes, wiser buyers, honest construction, stronger communities, and the quiet discipline of preparing before the ground moves.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798184817644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120