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Counter terrorist measures and explosion engineering is one of the specialist sections within TPS. We are acknowledged as the United Kingdom’s leading consultant in this field, with over 40 years’ experience in the design and enhancement of buildings to resist bomb blast effects. Our expertise arises from many years of meeting the diverse requirements of both the UK Government and, increasingly, private sector clients who recognise the importance of implementing appropriate counter terrorist measures to protect their operations and personnel.
The scope of work ranges from threat assessments and enhancement recommendations through to bomb damage inspections. TPS’s capability is supported by our unique explosion engineering database derived from explosive trials, design of structures, assessment of bomb incidents and analysis of structural response and personal injury effects. We have conducted research for, and in conjunction with, the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office and international agencies.
Scope of work
Over recent years, terrorist attacks on commercial buildings and utilities have cost many billions of pounds of damage. Managing and controlling the risks that result from the threat of terrorist activity is an essential part in ensuring the continued success of most organisations. We have the expertise and skills necessary to help you manage these risks using a combination of threat assessment, preventive measures and recovery. The work we can undertake for you can range from an initial review of potential counter terrorist measures through to a complete design and management package.
The scope of work we undertake includes:
- Counter terrorist and explosion engineering site surveys
- Security audits, reviews and reports
- Scheme design and outline specification
- Full design and specification
- Tender documentation, contractor evaluation and project letting
- Contract management, project commissioning
- Site inspections and construction quality control
Service
The comprehensive service available for existing and proposed facilities includes:
- Risk and threat evaluation
- Guidance on threat assessment
- Advice on implication of location on building vulnerability
- Prediction of weapons effects including blast, fragmentation, cratering, spalling and debris
- Assessment of survivability of building structure and other assets
- Impact on personnel and operational systems
- Risk analysis
- Prevention and preparedness
- Identification of shelter areas
- Assessment of systems survivability
- Recommendation of structural, glazing and other building fabric enhancements
- Recovery and resumption
- Bomb damage inspections
- Remedial action
- Business recovery
Projects
Typical recent counter terrorism projects undertaken by TPS have included:
Commercial
- Identification of refuge areas and appropriate enhancements, together with the provision and implementation of costed solutions undertaken for a range of buildings and facilities such as legal offices, banks and corporate offices
- Assessment of bomb blast effects, including the survivability of structure and impact on personnel, for a tall multi-storey tower block for a major financial institution. Our work involved the design and specification of a new cladding system incorporating blast resistant glazing.
- Impact analysis of the effect of blast on the client’s business operations, together with proposals for appropriate upgrading measures
- Risk and threat evaluation resulting in the identification of refuge areas, and the design of blast resistant glazing and upgrade measures for a 26-storey City office block
- Assessment of blast effects on glazing and potential enhancements for a major Eire client.
- Inspection of bomb damage to various buildings in city centres
- Analysis of structural damage to hotels and conference facilities
Transport
- Analysis of the effects of an internal and external explosion on both existing and new airports facilities. Various services undertaken, including terrorist threat assessments, risk analysis and specification of glazing enhancements
- Analysis of the effects of blast in an underground station
- Analysis of the effects of an internal bomb in a number of underground tunnels of different material construction. Verification of the results using sophisticated computer modeling techniques and explosive trials. Recommendation of enhancements, following investigation and evaluation of upgrading options.
- Assessment and evaluation of a significant number of key infrastructure links in the UK for the Police and other Government Agencies
Government
- Analysis and design of all explosive effects for a major new Government office complex.
- Vulnerability surveys and enhancement measures proposed for a number of government commercial premises
- Building surveys and blast damage assessments for 18 major MOD buildings
- Design of a number of communications facilities
- Option studies on de-militarisation complex, systems survivability, operations survivability, personnel protection and security enhancements
Miscellaneous
- Preparation of bomb protection guidelines for a major clearing bank
- Provision of Rapid Response Team of engineers in the event of bomb blast damage to UK facilities
- Design of process building for international chemical organisation
- Contingency planning for major political conferences
Research and development
- Management of explosive trials and research and development on blast resistant glazing and framing elements, brickwork, sprayed concrete and pre-cast concrete segments
- Witnessing ground cratering trials of various sized military bombs
- Research and development projects for the Explosive Storage and Transport Committee
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Contact: Ken Holt
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