Course Instruction Material 2019

Instruction Material

Day 1 Modules

01 Introductions, Class Overview, Site Safety - (45 min)

02 What Are We Protecting Against? - History of attacks and resulting building damage/personnel injuries. (60 min)

03 Communicating with Clients and Design Teams - The basic terms and concepts used in blast resistant and protective design, including how they can be different between industries. (45 min)

04 Anatomy of An Explosion: Explosion effects and key considerations contributing to building damage. (30 min)

HIT Presentation

05 Blast Injuries - Injury modes and types of injuries based on explosion size, proximity and building damages. (30 min)

Day 2 Modules

06 Perimeter Types - Whether for a single building or a compound, discussion of perimeter types based on identified threats and available resources. (45 min)

07 Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Standard Building and Façade Types - Inherent resistance of the standard building types to blast and other threats. (45 min)

08 Process of Protection - From definition of need through implementation of protection, what are the tasks that need to be accomplished. (30 min)

09 Definition of Need - The first part of the Process of Protection is to define the needs with respect to the different threats and required protection against threats. (45 min)

10 Forced Entry and Ballistic Resistance - (30 min)

StoneSmart Solutions - ProtectiFlex and Extreme Woodlam

Day 3 Modules

11 Conventional and Innovative Building Retrofits - Retrofit types available to increase protection, including both high‐tech products and low‐tech built‐in‐place solutions. (60 min)

12 Blast (or Multi-threat) Vulnerability Assessment - What are vulnerability assessments and what information is needed as inputs and what will come out as results. (45 min)

13 Security Design Criteria - How do you define what you need in terms of protection for a project? (45 min)

14 Protective Design for New Buildings - Key elements of protective design for new buildings. (45 min)

15 Procurement, Assessment, Design and Construction - Once the need has been identified and an assessment completed, the design must be completed and the construction completed. What does this entail? (45 min)

16 Documents and Guidelines - Discussion of the available Standards, Guidelines, Criteria, and Best Practices Documents. (30 min)

17 Class Wrap-up - Myth busting and simple actions to increase safety.

Additional Information and Class Handouts