Security Supervisor
For those responsible for the safety and security of a site, K&C offers an array of specialty engineering support services to assist in ensuring the best protection designs/devices are in place and are actually capable of achieving the protection desired. K&C is experienced on all aspects of protection engineering and is a unique position to ensure that the extreme threats you face are addressed in a most effective manner by engineers that are well versed in working at new and existing facilities, are able to well integrate protection schemes with existing facilities and operational requirements.
Types of Services Provided
- The ability to integrate our protection engineering services with other aspects of security on site.
- Rapid screening tools for on site assessing as an aid to visualizing the vulnerabilities at a particular site.
- Training to apprise the security professionals on the latest research and engineering solutions to blast and impact threats.
Related Case Studies
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Construction of Medical Center
Regional Medical Center - San Jose, CA
Regional Medical Center - San Jose, CA
Services/Work Provided
- Creiteria Compliance
- Structural Design and Analysis
- Anchorage Design
- Design Drawings
- Plan Check Approval
Description:
As part of a $155 million expansion project launched in 2005, Karagozian & Case (K&C) engineers performed structural analyses and generated designs for three new hospital buildings which consisted of a patient wing, ED/ICU, and central plant. The patient wing and ED/ICU are steel framed structures with special moment resisting frames (SMRF). All three buildings are designed for continued operation following a design level earthquake. Due to site conditions and potential for liquefaction, the foundation system is consists of drilled, cast-in-place friction concrete piles and grade beams.
In addition to the structural framing, K&C provided design and detailing for anchorage and support of non-structural components such as medical equipment, MEP components, partitions, and exterior wall framing. The exterior wall framing utilizes an in-plane slip connection designed to accommodate story drifts while maintaining the integrity of the exterior building envelope.
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Office Buildings in High Threat Situations
Office Buildings in High Threat Situations
Services/Work Provided:
- Site Survey & Investigation
- Blast Effects Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment (BEA/VA)
- Development of Mitigation Concepts and Costs.
- Report Documenting Work
- Development of Construction Drawings
Description:
Karagozian & Case has performed numerous blast and security related evaluations for facilities located throughout the world. K&C has been awarded several long term agreements with government agencies and NGO’s related to performing BEA/VA studies and the development of protective designs.
The facility shown was evaluated by K&C as to its vulnerabilities to blast and other forms of security threats (e.g. forced entry/ballistic resistant (FE/BR) protection). This included performing BEA/VA studies; the results from one of the studies indicate the damage imparted to the curtain wall of the facility by a particular bomb scenario. Red sections indicate the sections of the building which are most vulnerable.
