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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826813603321

Titolo

ISC security design criteria for new federal office buildings and major modernization projects : a review and commentary / / Committee to Review the Security Design Criteria of the Interagency Security Committee, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Enginee ring and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16811-2

1-280-17996-1

9786610179961

0-309-51247-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 53 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Public buildings - Security measures - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Performance-based Approach to Security and Blast-mitigating Building Design -- 3 Blast Effects on Buildings and People: A Primer for Users of the ISC Security Design Criteria -- 4 Assessment of the ISC Security Design Criteria -- Appendix Biographies of Committee Members.