Blast Assessment

Peer Review

Protective Design

Guidelines

Post-Event Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment

PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE

Analysis & Design

Progressive Collapse Assessment

Glazing hazard analysis (Blast Engineering) and progressive collapse analysis have become important engineering services in the protection of government facilities. The GSA (and other federal agencies) mandates that all newly constructed facilities as well as any existing facilities undergoing major renovations must be constructed or retrofitted to minimize the hazardous conditions associated with dynamic blast loads. These buildings must also be designed or retrofitted to prevent progressive collapse. The GSA-owned or leased facilities must adhere to the provisions of the Interagency Security Criteria (ISC).

WAI has been involved with protection of a wide range of federal facilities including numerous GSA federal office buildings and courthouses. In addition, we have provided protective design services (blast assessments and design, progressive collapse assessments and design) for the DoD, DoS, DoT, DoE, the intelligence/law enforcement community and quasi-federal agencies. The projects have ranged from day care and educational facilities, to museums, to office buildings, to laboratories, to embassies, to the Pentagon and similar high-value targets.