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• Business: Business Services: Fire and Security: Emergency Management  (205)
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Architectural Surety Workshop: - This Sandia National Laboratories web site presents the workshop that considered normal, abnormal (natural disasters), and malevolent (terrorist attack) environmental conditions as the basis for deliberations.

Blast Mitigation of Structures: - List of some related sites prepared by Purdue University.

Bomb Protection of "Soft Buildings": - Strengthening of "Soft Buildings" against car bombing in Israel.

Building Blast Protection Research: - Research projects on terrorist blast protection conducted at California State University, Northridge.

Designing and Managing Vulnerability: - CERF's sponsored conference agenda (October 23-24, 2001).

DoD Explosives Safety Board (DDESB): - Unit established to advise the US Secretary of Defense on matters concerning explosives safety and to prevent hazardous conditions to life and property. Includes some technical documents.

Innovative Ideas (AISC): - Articles and links concerning blast protection for steel buildings.

MIPT: - Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) is dedicated to preventing and reducing terrorism and mitigating its effects.

Mitigating Terrorist Hazards: - National Academy of Engineering presents The Bridge publication.




Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage(1995): - National Academy Press online presentation.

Protective Technology Center: - This is an indirect link to the Protective Technology Center, Pennsylvania State University.

Sails-Rigging Blast Protective Structural Shield: - SEAINT Research Paper describing a new structural technique for mitigation of terrorist blast effects to buildings.

Testing Components of Catcher System for Blast Debris Protection: - Research project performed by the California State University Northridge, Department of CE&AM.

USACE Engineer Research and Development Center: - The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributed research and development command which is including, but not limited to, the terrorist blast mitigation.